Publications of Education and learning
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The dynamics of social research production, circulation and use in Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru: a comparative study
The paper presents the results of a comparative study of the social research production environments of three Latin-American, low- and middle-income countries: Bolivia, Paraguay and Perú. It draws from three case studies – one of each country – based on in-depth interviews with key informants (policymakers, researchers, leaders of higher education and research institutions) conducted […]
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Classroom composition and its association with students’ achievement and socioemotional characteristics in Peru
School composition is a topic that has gained increasing attention from researchers over the past few years, as it has been found that the socio-economic characteristics of students are associated with their achievement. However, most research has been cross-sectional and carried out in industrialised countries. In the study, the authors use parental education as a […]
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Does pre-school improve cognitive abilities among children with early-life stunting? A longitudinal study for Peru
Several studies in developing countries have found that children who experience growth faltering in the first years of life show lower cognitive abilities than their peers. In this study, we use the Young Lives longitudinal dataset in Peru to analyze if attending pre-school affects cognitive abilities at age five years, and if there is an […]
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Does pre-school improve cognitive abilities among children with early-life stunting?: a longitudinal study for Peru
Several studies in developing countries have found that children who experience growth faltering in the first years of life show lower cognitive abilities than their peers. In this study, we use the Young Lives longitudinal dataset in Peru to analyze if attending pre-school affects cognitive abilities at age five years, and if there is an […]
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El éxito educativo de la región Moquegua, un análisis de la gestión pedagógica e institucional en tres niveles: regional, local y de institución educativo
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Transformación institucional y movilidad en la universidad peruana: el caso de las universidades gerenciales en sectores emergentes
In the last 20 years, the greatest change in higher education institutions in Peru has been the emergence of the private university as a protagonist in the sector. Within the latter, the majority are low-cost business universities, for-profit universities whose promoters are the so-called new entrepreneurs of education (sometimes owners of other pre-schools, schools, technical […]
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Ausentismo docente en Perú: factores asociados y su efecto en el rendimiento
The objective of this study is twofold. First, to describe how teachers’ and schools’ characteristics are associated with teacher absenteeism. Second, to explore the relationship between teacher absenteeism and student achievement (mathematics and language), after holding constant student, school and contextual variables. The study uses the Young Lives’ School Survey database which has information for […]
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The Reliability and Validity of Achievement Tests in the Second Young Lives School Survey in Ethiopia
This technical note gives details of the reliability and validity of the assessments used in the second school survey carried out by Young Lives in Ethiopia for the purpose of the construction of test scores on a common scale within each language for maths and reading comprehension. This document give details of the three-parameter model […]
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Nivel socioeconómico, tipo de escuela y resultados educativos en el Perú: el caso de PISA 2012
El objetivo del trabajo es analizar el logro educativo de los estudiantes en las habilidades evaluadas mediante las evaluaciones PISA 2012, con énfasis en el nivel socioeconómico, la titularidad de la escuela (público o privado) y el sexo del estudiante, empleando un modelo multinivel jerarquizado que tiene en cuenta los efectos fijos y aleatorios a […]
