Beyond Short-Term Learning Gains: The Impact of Outsourcing Schools in Liberia after Three Years
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Report
Authors/contributors
- Sandefur, Justin (Author)
- Romero, Mauricio (Author)
Title
Beyond Short-Term Learning Gains: The Impact of Outsourcing Schools in Liberia after Three Years
Abstract
After three years, outsourcing management of public schools to private providers raised test
scores by 0.21 standard deviations in math and 0.16 standard deviations in English (equivalent to
4 words per minute additional reading fluency for the cohort that started in first grade). Looking
beyond learning gains, the program reduced corporal punishment (by 4.6 percentage points
from a base of 51%), but increased dropout (by 3.3 percentage points from a base of 15%) and
failed to reduce sexual abuse. Results vary by provider: some produced uniformly positive results,
while others present stark trade-offs between learning gains and other outcomes.
Institution
Center for Global Development
Date
December 2019
Pages
4
Language
en
Library Catalogue
Zotero
Citation
Sandefur, J., & Romero, M. (2019). Beyond Short-Term Learning Gains: The Impact of Outsourcing Schools in Liberia after Three Years (p. 4). Center for Global Development.
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