One of the eight Millennium Development Goals is that all children in developing countries should complete primary education. Much progress has been made toward this goal, but completing primary school does not ensure that students attain basic literacy and numeracy skills. Indeed, there is ample evidence that many children in developing countries…

Compares traditional and recent tests used to measure economic literacy at the secondary school level. Suggests that the new Test of Economic Literacy provides a badly needed replacement for previous tests such as the TEL and relates how the Developmental Economic Education Program (DEEP) affects academic achievement in economics. (Author/DB)

This article presents a report on student effort in economics courses based on time and the efficiency of its use. Information is presented on explanatory variables in each of the several learning models tested, theoretical basis for recent empirical student learning, definitions of student input, and the student-choice model proposed by Richard…