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Direct linkChapman, David W.; Quijada, Jessica Jester – International Journal of Educational Development, 2009
What was accomplished and what was learned from United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) investment of over $733 million aimed at strengthening basic education systems in the developing world? These questions were addressed through an analysis of 286 documents drawn from 33 projects sponsored by the USAID between 1990 and 2005.…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Educational Development, Educational Improvement
Lockheed, Marlaine; Harris, Abigail; Jayasundera, Tamara – International Journal of Educational Development, 2010
A school improvement program that provided support to poor-performing schools on the basis of needs identified in a school improvement plan was implemented in 72 government schools in Jamaica, from 1998 to 2005. In this independent evaluation of the program, we use propensity score matching to create, post hoc, a control group of schools that were…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Supplementary Reading Materials, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
