Does Spending Longer at School Increase Educational Attainment? Evidence from the Full-Time School Program in Junior High Schools in Mexico

This article aims to offer evidence on the impact of Mexico’s Full-Time School Program (PETC) on the percentage of third-grade junior high school students displaying unsatisfactory or outstanding levels of attainment. This impact by 2015, 2017 and 2019 was estimated using propensity score matching f...

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Hovedforfatter: Santillán Hernández, Alma Sofía
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Udgivet: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo 2021
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spelling redie-article-35402024-05-08T19:14:04Z Does Spending Longer at School Increase Educational Attainment? Evidence from the Full-Time School Program in Junior High Schools in Mexico ¿Más horas en la escuela incrementan el logro escolar? Evidencia para el nivel secundaria del Programa de Escuelas de Tiempo Completo en México Santillán Hernández, Alma Sofía política educativa escuelas de tiempo completo rendimiento escolar escuela secundaria educational policy full-time school academic achievement junior high school This article aims to offer evidence on the impact of Mexico’s Full-Time School Program (PETC) on the percentage of third-grade junior high school students displaying unsatisfactory or outstanding levels of attainment. This impact by 2015, 2017 and 2019 was estimated using propensity score matching for schools joining the program for the first time in the 2014-2015 school year. The results show no significant effect from the program on attainment in mathematics; this null effect persists 4 years after the program started. El objetivo de este artículo es presentar evidencia sobre el impacto del Programa de Escuelas de Tiempo Completo de México en el porcentaje de estudiantes de tercer grado de secundaria que son clasificados en los niveles de logro insuficiente y sobresaliente. El impacto, utilizando el método de emparejamiento por puntajes de propensión en las escuelas incorporadas por primera vez al programa en el ciclo escolar 2014-2015, se estima para los años 2015, 2017 y 2019. Los resultados muestran que no hay efecto significativo del programa en el logro escolar en Matemáticas. Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo 2021-12-02 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion text/html application/pdf text/xml https://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/3540 10.24320/redie.2021.23.e24.3540 Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa; Vol. 23 (2021); 1-15 Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa; Vol. 23 (2021); 1-15 1607-4041 spa https://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/3540/2179 https://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/3540/2158 https://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/3540/2164 Derechos de autor 2021 Alma Sofía Santillán Hernández https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
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Does Spending Longer at School Increase Educational Attainment? Evidence from the Full-Time School Program in Junior High Schools in Mexico
author_facet Santillán Hernández, Alma Sofía
author_sort Santillán Hernández, Alma Sofía
title Does Spending Longer at School Increase Educational Attainment? Evidence from the Full-Time School Program in Junior High Schools in Mexico
title_short Does Spending Longer at School Increase Educational Attainment? Evidence from the Full-Time School Program in Junior High Schools in Mexico
title_full Does Spending Longer at School Increase Educational Attainment? Evidence from the Full-Time School Program in Junior High Schools in Mexico
title_fullStr Does Spending Longer at School Increase Educational Attainment? Evidence from the Full-Time School Program in Junior High Schools in Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Does Spending Longer at School Increase Educational Attainment? Evidence from the Full-Time School Program in Junior High Schools in Mexico
title_sort does spending longer at school increase educational attainment? evidence from the full-time school program in junior high schools in mexico
description This article aims to offer evidence on the impact of Mexico’s Full-Time School Program (PETC) on the percentage of third-grade junior high school students displaying unsatisfactory or outstanding levels of attainment. This impact by 2015, 2017 and 2019 was estimated using propensity score matching for schools joining the program for the first time in the 2014-2015 school year. The results show no significant effect from the program on attainment in mathematics; this null effect persists 4 years after the program started.
publisher Universidad Autónoma de Baja California. Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo
publishDate 2021
url https://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/3540
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