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What Works in Developing Nations to Get Children Into School or Keep Them There?: A Systematic Review of Rigorous Impact Studies.
- Source :
- Research on Social Work Practice; Jan2015, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p44-60, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Due to evidence linking education and development, funding has been invested in interventions relevant to getting youth into school and keeping them there. This article reports on a systematic review of impact studies of these school enrollment interventions. Reports were identified through electronic searches of bibliographic databases and other methods. To be eligible, studies (1) assessed impact on primary or secondary school enrollment outcomes; (2) used a rigorous design; (3) were conducted in a low- or middle-income nation; (4) included at least one quantifiable measure of enrollment or related outcomes; (5) were available before December 2009; and (6) included data on participants post-1990. A coding instrument extracted data on study characteristics from each report. Standardized mean difference effect sizes were computed for the first effect reported. The sample includes 73 evaluations. The average effect size was positive across all outcomes. However, the results varied. Studies that focused on building new schools and other infrastructure interventions reported the largest average effects. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- RESEARCH methodology evaluation
EDUCATION in developing countries
ACADEMIC achievement
CONFIDENCE intervals
SCHOOL dropouts
ERIC (Information retrieval system)
INCOME
INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems
MEDICAL databases
MEDICAL information storage & retrieval systems
PSYCHOLOGY information storage & retrieval systems
LANGUAGE & languages
MATHEMATICS
RESEARCH methodology
MEDLINE
RESEARCH funding
SYSTEMATIC reviews
THEORY
EFFECT sizes (Statistics)
SCHOOL admission
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
EDUCATIONAL outcomes
INTER-observer reliability
PUBLICATION bias
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
DEVELOPING countries
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10497315
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Research on Social Work Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 100028836
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1049731514524837