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Supply-side interventions and student learning in Guatemala
International Review of Education
  • William F. Vasquez-Mazariegos, Fairfield University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Abstract

This paper presents estimates of production functions of reading and mathematics test scores to assess the effects of supply-side interventions, such as the provision of a community-based school management programme, bilingual education and multigrade teaching, on student learning in Guatemala. The efficiency and consistency of the estimates is improved by using seemingly unrelated regressions to account for potential correlation between test scores. Results indicate that the community-based management programme, bilingual schools and traditional schools produce comparable learning of first-graders. However, in the case of third-graders the community-based school management programme and bilingual schools produce less learning than traditional schools. The learning of both first- and third-graders is found to be diminished in the multigrade teaching approach.

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Published Citation
Vásquez, William F. "Supply-side interventions and student learning in Guatemala." International Review of Education 58, no. 1 (2012): 9-33. doi:10.1007/s11159-012-9263-y.
DOI
10.1007/s11159-012-9263-y
Citation Information
William F. Vasquez-Mazariegos. "Supply-side interventions and student learning in Guatemala" International Review of Education Vol. 58 Iss. 1 (2012)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/william-vasquez-mazariegos/7/