Impacts of an early education intervention on students' learning achievement: Evidence from the Philippines

dc.creatorYamauchi, Futoshi
dc.creatorLiu, Yanyan
dc.date2011
dc.date2024-10-01T14:02:03Z
dc.date2024-10-01T14:02:03Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:14:13Z
dc.descriptionThis paper examines the impact of a large supply-side education intervention in the Philippines, the Third Elementary Education Project, on students' national achievement test scores. We find that the program significantly increased student test scores at grades 4 to 6. The estimate indicates that the six-year exposure to the program increases test scores by about 15 score points. Interestingly, the mathematics score is more responsive to this education reform than other subjects. We also find that textbooks, instructional training of teachers, and new classroom constructions particularly contributed to these outcomes. The empirical results also imply that early-stage investments improve student performance at later stages in the elementary school cycle, which suggests that social returns to such an investment are greater than what the current study demonstrates.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/154525
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/98495
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceYamauchi, Futoshi; Liu, Yanyan. 2011. Impacts of an early education intervention on students' learning achievement: Evidence from the Philippines. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1121. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154525
dc.subjectprimary education
dc.subjecthuman capital
dc.titleImpacts of an early education intervention on students' learning achievement: Evidence from the Philippines
dc.typeWorking Paper

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