Enseña Chile (ECh) is one model in the direction of helping close the achievement gap between low-income and high-income students in Chile, and is a first adaptation of the Teach for America (TFA) model in Latin America. This paper provides the first evidence on the impact of the...

Having a good teacher is the most important school-related factor for student achievement, to the point of closing the gap between low and high-income students. However, the empirical literature is almost silent regarding teacher selection. This paper estimates a teacher selection model using...

Los estudiantes chilenos presentan bajo rendimiento en pruebas internacionales de aprendizaje, y la brecha de desempeño entre grupos de ingreso es grande. Para remediar esta situación, el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo está apoyando el programa Enseña Chile, que recluta graduados...

Chilean students perform poorly in international learning assessments, and the achievement gap between income groups is large. To remedy this situation, the Inter-American Development Bank is supporting a program, Enseña Chile, that recruits top university graduates and places them for two...

Having a good teacher is the most important school-related factor for student achievement, to the point of closing the gap between low and high-income students. However, the empirical literature is almost silent regarding teacher selection. This paper estimates a teacher selection model using...

Enseña Chile (ECh) is one model in the direction of helping close the achievement gap between low-income and high-income students in Chile, and is a first adaptation of the Teach for America (TFA) model in Latin America. This paper provides the first evidence on the impact of the...

The Development Effectiveness Overview (DEO) is the IDB's annual corporate report that accounts for the effectiveness of its work, stating the results achieved with the implementation of the Bank's Development Effectiveness agenda. The 2011 DEO is focused on the status of the indicators defined...

El Panorama de la Efectividad en el Desarrollo (DEO) es el informe corporativo anual del BID que da cuenta de la efectividad de su trabajo y expone los resultados logrados con la implementación de la agenda de Efectividad en el Desarrollo del Banco. El DEO 2011 informa sobre el estatus de los...

Education quality can be measured in various ways, including the analysis of learning and other outcomes in children and through the analysis of underlying services. In Brazil, a collaborative endeavor between the IDB, the Ministry of Education and the Carlos Chagas Foundation focuses on the...

The primary objectives of the program are to support the retention, promotion and graduation of students in the EGB, thus increasing educational attainment and promoting human capital development among Argentine youth.