All blogs tagged with education quality

What Do We Know About Latin America’s Lowest-Performing Education Systems?

Ian Scholer, Maria Oviedo ˙ Apr 18, 2019 ˙ PREAL Blog

Data from the recent PISA for Development (PISA-D) survey offer a new window into academic performance and learning environments in lower-income countries in Latin America.Read more +

Why We Should Pay Attention to the Escuela Nueva Model

Eduardo Vélez Bustillo, Vicky Colbert ˙ Mar 8, 2018 ˙

Despite Escuela Nueva's massive success and proven effectiveness, the model remains largely under-exploited in Latin America. Read more +

Reactions to the PISA 2015 Results in LAC

Annalisa Meier ˙ Mar 24, 2017 ˙ PREAL Blog

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How did Latin American media, civil society and government react to the results from the PISA 2015 examinations?Read more +

The Quality of Education Expenditure in the Dominican Republic

Darwin Caraballo ˙ Oct 26, 2016 ˙ PREAL Blog

The Dominican Republic should focus on redirecting the resources of the Ministry of Education towards activities that promote higher levels of student learningRead more +

Education as a Priority for Development in Central America

Alberto Mora Román ˙ Sep 13, 2016 ˙ PREAL Blog

El Quinto Informe Estado de la Región hace una fuerte apuesta por la educación para que Centroamérica eleve la productividad, mejore la equidad social e impulse la democracia.Read more +

Institutional Architecture is Key to Improve Education Quality

Pablo Cevallos Estarellas ˙ Jun 28, 2016 ˙ PREAL Blog

One way to promote schools' autonomy is to change the institutional architecture of the educational systems to which they belong.Read more +

Setting the Stage for Improved Learning

Federico Sucre, Ariel Fiszbein ˙ Sep 15, 2015 ˙ PREAL Blog

Despite the importance of teachers in the learning process, systems for recruiting, selecting, training, and supporting teachers remain deficientRead more +

The Strange Case of Ecuador’s Education Reform

Pablo Cevallos Estarellas ˙ Aug 11, 2015 ˙ PREAL Blog

What happened to Ecuador’s education system between 2007 and 2013 that should be made known?Read more +

Committed to Improving Education Quality

Alejandro Ganimian, Ariel Fiszbein ˙ Jun 23, 2015 ˙ PREAL Blog

Program Director Ariel Fiszbein interviews Alejandro Ganimian, the Dialogue's newest non-resident fellow. Read more +

Education as a Priority in Public Administration

Federico Sucre, Juan Maragall ˙ Jun 9, 2015 ˙ PREAL Blog

Education has become the top priority of the government of Miranda, Venezuela. But why and how? Read more +

No One Is Prophet in His Own Land

Eduardo Velez Bustillo ˙ Mar 17, 2015 ˙ PREAL Blog

Photo credit: Esc.Primaria NUeva Creacion Villas del Sol (26) / Ayuntamiento Culiacán / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (with modifications)

What is the Escuela Nueva program and how is it effective?Read more +

Evaluation as a Management Tool

Ariel Fiszbein ˙ Feb 26, 2015 ˙ PREAL Blog

An interview with the new Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Silvia Montoya: lessons and future endeavors.Read more +

Only High Quality Early Education Programs Work

Ariel Fiszbein ˙ Jan 12, 2015 ˙ PREAL Blog

Promoting economic growth by investing in human capital through education.Read more +

Commission for Quality Education for All

Ariel Fiszbein ˙ Nov 11, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog

Commission for Quality Education for All - an initiative to support profound educational change in Latin America.Read more +

The Paradox of Education in Chile

Ariel Fiszbein, Emiliana Vegas ˙ Aug 19, 2014 ˙ PREAL Blog

Photo credit: La educación no cabe en tu Moneda / Osmar Valdebenito / CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr (with modifications)

Chile aspires to educational level like those of OECD countries, but which policies best reflect the quality and equity of education?Read more +