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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789486503321

Autore

Bruns Barbara

Titolo

Achieving world-class education in Brazil : : the next agenda / / Barbara Bruns, David Evans, Javier Luque

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2012

ISBN

1-283-44660-X

9786613446602

0-8213-8855-X

Descrizione fisica

xxviii, 156 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm

Collana

Directions in development. Human development

Altri autori (Persone)

EvansDavid (David Kirkham)

LuqueJavier A

Disciplina

370.981

Soggetti

Education, Secondary - Brazil

Educational change - Brazil

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Chapter 1: Brazilian Education 1995-2010: Transformation; Education Finance Reform; Measuring Results; Reducing Schooling Costs for Poor Children; Federal Oversight; Conclusion; Chapter 2: Brazilian Basic Education: Meeting the Challenge?; Meeting the Needs of a 21st Century Economy; Reducing Inequality and Poverty; Transforming Spending into Learning; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Brazilian Basic Education 2011-2021: The Next Agenda; Building Better Teachers; Strengthening Early Childhood Education

Schooling a 21st Century Workforce: Raising Quality in Secondary EducationMaximizing Federal Impact and Capitalizing on Brazil's Education Action Lab; References; Annex 1. Delivering Results for Children in Rio's Favelas: Escola Municipal Affonso Varzea; Annex 2. Delivering Results for Children in Northeast Brazil: Pernambuco Escola Estadual Tomé Francisco; Annex 3. Access to and Quality of Early Childhood Development in Brazil Compared with the OECD and LAC Countries; Annex 4. Global Evidence on Universal Versus Targeted Early Childhood Development Coverage



Annex 5. Skills Composition in the Brazilian Labor MarketAnnex 6. Tables; Boxes; 1. Avoiding Perverse Incentives: Brazil's Index of Basic Educational Quality; 2. Basic Numeracy as Measured on PISA; 3. Evaluating the Impact of São Paulo's Prova de Promoção; 4. Holding Teachers Accountable for Performance: Washington D.C.'s IMPACT Program; 5. The U.S. Race to the Top Program; Figures; 1. Primary Education Enrollment by Provider, 1990-2009; 2. FUNDEF/FUNDEB Expenditures, 1998-2010; 3. Cognitive Skills and Economic Growth Across Regions; 4. Cognitive Skills and Economic Growth Across Countries

5. PISA 2009 Math Scores, All Countries6. Brazil's PISA Math Performance, 2000-2009; 7. Comparative PISA Math Proficiency, 2009; 8. Math Proficiency on SAEB/Prova Brasil, 1995-2009; 9. Share of Students by Proficiency Level, Reading and Math, PISA 2000-2009; 10. Change in Average Educational Attainment in Brazil, 1993-2009; 11. Shifts in Real Wages for Workers by Years of Schooling, 1993-2009; 12. Changing Demand for Skills in the U.S. Economy, 1959-1999; 13. Changes in Brazil's Occupational Structure, 1980-2009; 14. Evolution of Skills in the Labor Force: United States and Brazil, 1981-2009

15. Skills Evolution in the Top Two Quintiles of the Brazilian Labor Force, 1981-200916. Regional Trends in Educational Attainment, 1993-2009; 17. Educational Attainment by Region, 2009; 18. Educational Attainment for Urban and Rural Populations, 2009; 19. Fourth-Grade Math Performance by Region, 1999-2009; 20. Educational Attainment of 20-Year-Olds Compared with Their Household Heads, 1993-2009; 21. Years of Schooling Completed and PISA Math Performance by Household Income Quintile; 22. Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Education Programs; 23. Consolidated Education Spending, 2000-2009

24. Public Expenditure on Education as a Percentage of GDP in OECD Countries and Brazil, 2007

Sommario/riassunto

An evaluation of Brazil's educational policies and the advances in basic education over the past 15 years as well as recommendations for future advances.