Essays about: "Educational reform"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 42 essays containing the words Educational reform.

  1. 21. The Effect of Relative School Starting Age on Having an Individualized Curriculum in Finland

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Aapo Kivinen; [2017]
    Keywords : Special Education; Relative Age Effect;

    Abstract : In Finland, a child in special education receives an individualized curriculum if standard support does not suffice. In this thesis, I study how relative school starting age affects the probability of having an individualized curriculum. Due to the cutoff date of school starting age, there is an age gap of roughly one year in each class. READ MORE

  3. 22. Is Private Education Worth it? Evidence from the Free Primary Education Reform in Kenya

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Erik Wallström; [2017]
    Keywords : Education; Quality; Free; Sorting; Kenya; School choice; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In 2003, Kenya introduced a nationwide Free Primary Education (FPE) reform, abolishing school fees in all public primary schools. As a result, enrolment rates in public primary schools rose by 15 percent, putting significant pressure on the educational system. READ MORE

  4. 23. Does Primary Education Affect Intimate Partner Violence Against Women? Evidence from Malawi

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Sara Abrahamsson; [2016-09-08]
    Keywords : Intimate partner violence; attitudes; education; Universal Primary Education Reform; natural experiment; Malawi;

    Abstract : This paper studies the causal effect of educational attainment on the experience of intimate partner violence and attitudes toward intimate partner violence in Malawi. Using data from the Demographic Health Survey, this paper takes advantage of the implementation of the Universal Primary education reform in Malawi in 1994 as a natural experiment. READ MORE

  5. 24. Does a changed grading scale affect mean GPA - A descriptive analysis of the 2011 grading scale reform in the Swedish upper secondary school

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Victoria Andersson; Elin Bengtsson; [2016-07-01]
    Keywords : grading practices; effects on GPA; educational incentives; student performance; Swedish upper secondary school;

    Abstract : That students receive accurate grades is of high importance, both for employers that want to hire productive workers and for university admission. Grades can also be used as a motivation for students to perform better, and different formulations of the grading scale is likely to have different motivational effects. READ MORE

  6. 25. Limit comparison-shopping? : The effect of new establishments of independent upper-secondary schools on public school costs

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Johanna Kallberg; [2016]
    Keywords : New establishments; independent upper-secondary schools; costs per student;

    Abstract : In the 1990s, an educational reform changed the Swedish school market. The reform allows anyone with permission from the Swedish Schools Inspectorate to establish an independent school. READ MORE