This TC has two specific objectives: (i) to generate evidence on learning outcomes from the cohort of students and the effectiveness of teachers during the last two grades of elementary school; and (ii) to compare and analyze the results that have already been obtained throughout the project.
This stage of Closing Gaps will be fundamental, as the data will be used to determine whether the effects of teacher quality on student learning are persistent in time during the entire elementary school cycle, and more importantly, to improve the understanding of how these effects interact differently with student learning from one year to the next during these extremely important formative years. The analysis of the results of this last phase will yield unparalleled information that the region has never had at its disposal before. Some of the questions that we will be able to answer include: Could a child assigned to an ineffective teacher in one year eventually catch up with a child that was assigned to an effective teacher that same year? Or would the child assigned to an effective teacher also learn more in all subsequent primary school years? Which different sequences of "effective" and "ineffective" teachers, during elementary school, matter more or less for a child's learning? To generate answers that could be applicable to the entire elementary school in general, and grade by grade in particular, it is necessary to obtain data of these last two years in elementary school (5th & 6th grade) of the children in the sample.
The project has significant and direct policy implications for Ecuador and other countries in the region, by providing rigorous evidence for the design of effective teacher selection and evaluation systems, targeted in-service teacher training programs, and for compensatory educational programs for disadvantaged children, among others. The first results of the project have been used in the design of an approved loan (EC-L1155), in the ongoing dialogue on early schooling and teaching quality with other countries of the region, and disseminated in a number of seminars and conferences. The results of the first year and a half of the project were published in a highly recognized peer reviewed journal in Economics (QJE), and a series of working papers with the rest of the results are currently in production.
Project Detail
Country
Ecuador
Project Number
EC-T1372
Approval Date
April 20, 2017
Project Status
Closed
Project Type
Technical Cooperation
Sector
SOCIAL INVESTMENT
Subsector
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
Lending Instrument
-
Lending Instrument Code
-
Modality
-
Facility Type
-
Environmental and Social Impact Category (ESIC)
Category C: Likely to cause minimal or no negative environmental and associated social impacts
Total Cost
USD 2,500,000.00
Country Counterpart Financing
USD 0.00
Original Amount Approved
USD 2,500,000.00
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https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-1476753633-18
Technical Cooperation Agreement
EC-T1372_TCdocument_approved.pdf
Apr. 25, 2017
English
https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-2056220512-5532
Technical Cooperation Agreement
Carta Convenio - Cerrando Brechas VI y VII Enseñanza y aprendizajes a lo largo de la escuela primaria.pdf
Oct. 18, 2018
Spanish
https://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=EZSHARE-1476753633-2
TC Abstract
TC Abstract - EC-T1372.pdf
May. 30, 2017
English
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