Compensatory Education forDisadvantaged Mexican Students: An Impact Evaluation UsingPropensity Score Matching

Shapiro, Joseph ; Trevino, Jorge Moreno

World Bank, Washington, D.C.

关键词: AGED;    AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS;    BASIC EDUCATION;    BILINGUAL EDUCATION;    CURRICULA;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-3334
RP-ID  :  WPS3334

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The authors use propensity scorematching to evaluate the effectiveness of CONAFE, acompensatory education program in Mexico, in improvingstudent test scores and lowering repetition and failurerates. They find that CONAFE is most effective in improvingprimary school math learning and secondary school Spanishlearning. Secondary education delivered by way of televisionto remote communities and bilingual education for indigenousstudents are both shown to improve student achievement.CONAFE also lowers primary school repetition and failurerates. The authors conclude that this compensatory educationprogram can effectively improve short-term learning resultsfor disadvantaged students, but that improvement varies bythe subject of instruction and the demographics of students taught.