04918nam 2200661 450 991046438910332120200520144314.00-8213-8814-20-8213-8694-8(CKB)3710000000077165(EBL)1595467(SSID)ssj0001084421(PQKBManifestationID)12445425(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001084421(PQKBWorkID)11035260(PQKB)11279211(MiAaPQ)EBC1595467(Au-PeEL)EBL1595467(CaPaEBR)ebr10819722(CaONFJC)MIL561113(OCoLC)868068483(EXLCZ)99371000000007716520131227h20142014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFaith-based schools in Latin America case studies on Fe y Alegría /Juan Carlos Parra Osorio and Quentin Wodon, editorsWashing, District of Columbia :The World Bank,[2014]©20141 online resource (147 p.)World Bank studyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-8683-2 0-8213-8695-6 Includes bibliographical references.Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Abstract; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 Fe y Alegría School Performance and Practices; 1. Introduction; Tables; Table 1.1 Enrollment statistics for Fe y Alegría programs, 2009; 2. Contributions in This Volume; 3. Conclusion; 4. References; Part I Evaluation of Fe y Alegría Programs in República Bolivariana de Venezuela,Colombia and Peru; 2 The Performance of Decentralized School Systems: Evidence from Fe y Alegría in República Bolivariana de Venezuela; 1. Introduction; 2. Related Literature; 3. DataTable 2.1 Variable means for treated and nontreated4. Econometric Framework; 5. Results; 6. Reasons for Fe y Alegría's Improved Performance; Table 2.2 Results of propensity score matching; 7. Conclusion; 8. References; Annex. Regression Results; Table A.2.1. OLS regression results; 3 Performance of Fe y Alegría High School Students in Colombia: Is It a Matter of Fe (Faith) or Alegría (Joy)?; 1. Introduction; 2. Data and Methodology; Table 3.1. Total number of students and schools in the sample; 3. Results; Table 3.2 Mean value of control variables: Fe y Alegría schoolsTable 3.3 Mean value of control variables: other schoolsTable 3.4 Average test scores; Figures; Figure 3.1 Percentage difference between average test scores (Fe y Alegría minus other schools)-before matching; Table 3.5. Percentage difference in test scores after matching (Fe y Alegría minus other schools)-CEM and PSM; Figure 3.2. Percentage difference between average test scores (Fe y Alegría minus other schools)-propensity score matching; Figure 3.3. Percentage difference between average test scores (Fe y Alegría minus other schools)-CEM matching; 4. Conclusion; 5. ReferencesTable 4.4. Development areas defined in curriculum proposalsTable 4.5. Development area: integral communication competencies from the first cycle: written communication (reading); Table 4.6. Development area: communication abilities: reading comprehension sub-abilities: oral reading sub-sub-abilities: for 1st and 2nd grades; 6. Conclusions; 7. References; Annex; Part II Fe y Alegría Experiences A Network That Adapts to Local Realities; 5 Literacy in Elementary Schools; 1. Program Context; Table 5.1. Illiteracy rate (percentage); Table 5.2. Education coverage rate (percentage)Table 5.3. Dropout rate (percentage)Many observers consider Fe y Alegría a successful organization, but very few rigorous evaluations have been conducted. This volume is devoted to an assessment of the performance and selected aspects of the management and pedagogical practices of Fe y Alegría, a federation of Jesuit schools serving approximately one million children in 20 countries, mostly in Latin America. The available quantitative evidence suggests that the federation's schools often do reach the poor, and that students in Fe y Alegría schools tend to perform as well on test scores, if not slightly better than comparable stuPoor childrenEducationLatin AmericaCase studiesEducational equalizationLatin AmericaCase studiesElectronic books.Poor childrenEducationEducational equalization147Osorio Juan Carlos953544Wodon Quentin859707MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464389103321Faith-based schools in Latin America2156074UNINA