Descriptor
Developing Nations | 1 |
Educational Assessment | 1 |
Equal Education | 1 |
Financial Problems | 1 |
Foreign Countries | 1 |
Policy Formation | 1 |
Primary Education | 1 |
Rural Education | 1 |
Sex Differences | 1 |
Student Characteristics | 1 |
Source
International Review of… | 1 |
Author
Gorman, Kathleen S. | 1 |
Pollitt, Ernesto | 1 |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 1 |
Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Guatemala | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Gorman, Kathleen S.; Pollitt, Ernesto – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1992
Assesses the provision of universal primary education in seven rural villages in Guatemala. Indicates that although increasing numbers of children are enrolling in school, repetition and dropout rates remain high and that girls are at a greater disadvantage than boys. Suggests that families, communities, and schools provide input into policy…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Assessment, Equal Education, Financial Problems