Projects
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Impact assessment of the Fe y Alegría schools in Peru
During several decades, Fe y Alegría has been considered a successful model for popular sectors in Latin-America. The model is based on a non-for-profit private management under an agreement with the State that provides, among others, teachers and textbooks. However, there is no rigorous evaluation to enable estimating the impact of this model on students’ […]
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Study of the management and educational pedagogical practice in three Peruvian regions
The purpose of the study is to identify school and regional factors that may explain the differences in students’ performance in student census evaluations. To that end, the study proposes analyzing aspects related to administrative and pedagogical management of each educational institute in three Peruvian regions; in two of which, students obtained high performance level […]
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Study of factors associated to the efficacy of the OLPC Program
An impact evaluation of the program One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) in rural areas, developed by researchers of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) and GRADE found that the provision of laptops did not affect performance in comprehension and language tests. This study will perform a secondary analysis of the same database to determine what factors […]
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OLPC: development of instruments for follow-up of students (II)
In 2012, a research team of the IADB and GRADE published study on the impact of the OLPC Project in rural areas. This study is based on the original random allocation of laptops to determine the long-term impact of providing laptops to students in zones with high poverty levels, in a series of educational results.
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Diagnosis on gender-based violence against children and adolescents
It is a qualitative study that analyzes the relation between gender-based violence and child abuse in two communities of Chumbivilcas and Cuzco, where Plan Internacional operates. The study will assist Plan Internacional, guiding its work on these issues.
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Intermediate evaluation of the Peru Forest Sector Initiative (PFSI)
The Intermediate Evaluation of the PFSI forms part of the Evaluation Project of USAID in Peru, where GRADE participates under an agreement with Partners for Global Research and Development (PGRD). The PFSI started its activities in Peru in 2009, seeking to strengthen forestry governance in the country and comply with the commitment undertaken in the […]
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Preparation of research reports of the OLPC project at home
The purpose of this project is to design and execute the analyses of the project One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) at home, to then prepare research reports. As it may be recalled, within the framework of this project XO laptops were randomly allocated to primary school students in fourteen low-performance schools in Lima. The laptops […]
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Determining factors of localized poverty and inequality traps
The objectives of the study are (i) construct descriptive indicators for inequality of opportunities, quality of life, social mobility, from a territorial perspective; and (ii) prepare pseudo-panels to analyze changes in the distribution of opportunities in specific population groups (marked by particular circumstances) to identify if these groups are more or less prone to upward […]
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The Principal’s role in school: Influence of teaching leadership on academic performance
The study seeks to explore if the teaching leadership exercised by the principal in school has a significant effect on the students academic performance in Mathematics and Reading Comprehension. Furthermore, it will analyze if the effect of the authority leadership is the same for low-performing students and for high-performing students. The study will use the […]
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Preparation of Base Line for Impact Evaluation of the Program for Improvement of Early Childhood Education in Ayacucho, Huancavelica and Huánuco.
The study consists in the preparation of the base line and the design and proposal of a follow-up and monitoring system for subsequent quasi-experimental evaluation of the Program for Improvement of Early Childhood Education in Ayacucho, Huancavelica and Huánuco. The monitoring and data gathering system include aspects such as infrastructure, materials, accompaniment and training of […]