No student left behind? Evidence from the Programme for School Guidance in Spain

Pérez, José Ignacio García; Hidalgo-Hidalgo, Marisa

doi:10.1016/j.econedurev.2017.08.006

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“…Edin et al (2022) show that the economic return to the NCSs is higher than the return to CSs. Other researchers attempt to verify whether appropriate educational projects conceived to improve NCSs also improve CSs (see, among others, Garca-Pérez & Hidalgo-Hidalgo, 2017; Holmlund & Silva, 2014; Kahne & Bailey,1999; Martins, 2010; Tierney et al, 1995). In general, the current literature shows that the implemented tutoring and accompaniment activities decrease the dependence on drugs or alcohol.…”

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A Causal Latent Transition Model With Multivariate Outcomes and Unobserved Heterogeneity: Application to Human Capital Development

Bartolucci

Pennoni²,

Vittadini

2023

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

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In order to evaluate the effect of a policy or treatment with pre- and post-treatment outcomes, we propose an approach based on a transition model, which may be applied with multivariate outcomes and accounts for unobserved heterogeneity. This model is based on potential versions of discrete latent variables representing the individual characteristic of interest and may be cast in the hidden (latent) Markov literature for panel data. Therefore, it can be estimated by maximum likelihood in a relatively simple way. The approach extends the difference-in-difference method as it is possible to deal with multivariate outcomes. Moreover, causal effects may be expressed with respect to transition probabilities. The proposal is validated through a simulation study, and it is applied to evaluate educational programs administered to pupils in the sixth and seventh grades during their middle school period. These programs are carried out in an Italian region to improve non-cognitive skills (CSs). We study if they impact also on students’ CSs in Italian and Mathematics in the eighth grade, exploiting the pretreatment test scores available in the fifth grade. The main conclusion is that the educational programs aimed to develop noncognitive abilities help the best students to maintain their higher cognitive abilities over time.

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A Causal Latent Transition Model With Multivariate Outcomes and Unobserved Heterogeneity: Application to Human Capital Development

Bartolucci

Pennoni²,

Vittadini

2023

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

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“…Among the structural causes of the education system, we can find the ESO qualification model, the encyclopaedic structure of the curriculum, the academicist approach to ESO [21], the grade culture that generates high rates of year repetition [34] and the lack of predistributive investment in support and reinforcement programmes from primary school onwards [35,36]. The socioeconomic level of families has been diminishing in its effect on academic performance over the years, among other things, due to the increase in educational and social policies to prevent an academic gap between pupils with different economic levels [5].…”

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School Failure in the Region of Madrid (Spain): An Approximation through Diagnostic Assessment in 2019

2021

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Education is considered to be one of the main factors of development, economic growth and social progress. No country can achieve sustainable economic development without substantial investment in human capital. In Spain, school failure represents one of the main problems in the educational system, with potentially dramatic consequences for the basic competences required in the labour market and job instability, with the risk of economic and social exclusion. In this paper, we aim to identify the factors that define the risk of school failure in Madrid (Spain) by applying logit models. In this process we use a definition of school failure risk which relates to the probability of scoring below level 2 in the evaluation of competences (diagnostic assessment), and we use grade retention as a proxy of school failure. The variables included in the model cover several areas, such as personal, family and school characteristics. The results show that it is important that the policies to strengthen the educational system begin with early childhood education, as educational delay symptoms are detected, and it is necessary to intensify efforts towards personalized assistance to help identify potential learning problems, especially in those groups in the worst socioeconomic situations, which are most at risk of school failure.

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“…During this first step, the researchers defined the boundaries of this research project as follows: external solar control devices that are built using household waste during primary educational workshops and are employed for windows in existing Spanish schools. Primary education, also known as elementary, includes grades 1-6 for children from 6 to 12 years old in Spain [41]. These boundaries result from the sample main necessities: (a) external solar control devices; (b) reuse of household waste; and (c) children's awareness about the high generation of waste.…”

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Sustainability Assessment of Household Waste Based Solar Control Devices for Workshops in Primary Schools

2018

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Part of the large amounts of waste generated by human activities could have a second use while solving social problems. In this sense, the authors are carrying out a research project involving the participative development of innovative solar control devices integrated into school architecture using household waste. In general, the objectives of this research project are to: (a) optimize pupils’ learning process by improving lighting and thermal comfort levels and (b) reduce the generation of Spanish household waste by reusing part of it and increase the teaching community’s awareness about this waste. This research article reports on the steps taken to achieve these objectives by characterizing the most sustainable types of the waste-based solar control device. In this sense, this research paper defines and applies a new methodology which combines General Morphology Analysis (GMA), a new tool based on The Integrated Value Model for Sustainable Assessment and Focus groups. First, up to 96 different types of solar control devices composed of household waste have been defined using GMA and, second, these 96 types and conventional roller shutters have been assessed using this new tool. Based on these article results, one of the best alternatives has been prototyped during an initial workshop.

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No student left behind? Evidence from the Programme for School Guidance in Spain

Cited by 11 publications

References 29 publications

A Causal Latent Transition Model With Multivariate Outcomes and Unobserved Heterogeneity: Application to Human Capital Development

A Causal Latent Transition Model With Multivariate Outcomes and Unobserved Heterogeneity: Application to Human Capital Development

School Failure in the Region of Madrid (Spain): An Approximation through Diagnostic Assessment in 2019

Sustainability Assessment of Household Waste Based Solar Control Devices for Workshops in Primary Schools

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