TY  - GEN
AU  - Wolff, Laurence
AU  - Schiefelbein, Ernesto
AU  - Schiefelbein, Paulina
TI  - Primary Education in Latin America: The Unfinished Agenda
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/07/29
DO  - 10.18235/0008792
AB  - This paper asks a deceptively simple question. After over a decade of concern about and investment in primary education, what have been the results and how much further does the region need to go before it has achieved a primary education of quality for all children? The paper creatively reviews available data for four countries (Brazil, Chile, Honduras, and Costa Rica) as well as for the region as a whole. The critical policies and investments identified over ten years ago have only been partially implemented. Their full implementation is still needed. They include building up teacher knowledge, pedagogy, and commitment; increasing enrollment in pre-schooling, especially of at-risk children; providing adequate and appropriate teaching materials; targeting resources to disadvantaged children; articulating clear national learning goals; and improving the technical quality and utilization of testing programs.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18235/0008792
ER  -