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Changes in test scores distribution for students of the fourth grade in Brazil: a relative distribution analysis for the years 1997 to 2005

Rodrigues, Clarissa Guimarães; Rios-Neto, Eduardo Luiz Gonçalves; Pinto, Cristine Campos de Xavier
2012-09-12

To assess the quality of school education, much of educational research is concerned with comparisons of test scores means or medians. In this paper, we shift this focus and explore test scores data by addressing some often ...
The impact of daycare attendance on math test scores for a cohort of 4th graders in Brazil

Rodrigues, Clarissa Guimarães; Pinto, Cristine Campos de Xavier; Santos, Daniel D.
2012-09-12

We estimate the impact of having attended center-based daycare institutions during early childhood on Math test scores at the 4th grade of elementary school. Because enrollment in daycare centers may depend on unobservable ...