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Dec 2011
Using data from Kenya, the authors of this paper find a large effect of private schooling on test scores, equivalent to one full standard deviation. This is unusual as existing studies from the United States, Latin America, and Asia provide scant evidence that private schools dramatically improve academic performance relative to public schools.
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Author | Tessa Bold, Mwangi Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu, Justin Sandefur |
Series | CGD Working Papers |
Issue | 279 |
Publisher | Center for Global Development (CGD) |
Copyright | © 2011 Center for Global Development (CGD) |