Working paper
The effect of lengthening the school day on children's achievement in Ethiopia
- Abstract:
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Many schools in developing countries have four-hour school days and teach two groups of children each day. Governments are considering lengthening the school day, at great expense, to improve school quality. Advocates of the shift system argue the reform is unnecessary, as evidence from developed countries suggests increasing instructional time only improves achievement scores by small amounts. This paper is the first study of the effect of a large increase in instructional time in a low-inco...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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+ Department for International Development
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Funding agency for:
Orkin, K
Grant:
R8544
St. Antony's College, University of Oxford
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Skye Foundation
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Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation
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Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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- Publisher:
- Young Lives Publisher's website
- Series:
- Working papers
- Place of publication:
- http://www.younglives.org.uk/publications/WP
- Publication date:
- 2013-01-01
- ISBN:
- 9781909403321
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- Language:
- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:7962
- Deposit date:
- 2014-02-03
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- Young Lives
- Copyright date:
- 2013
- Notes:
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Young Lives Working Paper 119. © Young Lives 2013. This paper was presented at a conference on Inequalities in Children’s Outcomes in Developing
Countries hosted by Young Lives at St Anne’s College, Oxford on 8-9 July 2013.
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