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Learning in primary > School day length (eLP) > Cerdan-Infantes 2007

Detailed Information

Country	Country: Uruguay
GDP per capita	9.058
Context details	Mid-sized low performing urban schools with low socio-economic indicators in terms of parental education, household size, school infrastructure
Age	Grades 1-6

2. Intervention

Implementation year	1996
Implementer	Government
Duration (months)	27
Cost	Full time schools have on average 50 percent more recurrent costs. If we include teacher training the cost is 60 percent more.
Intervention details	Extending the school day from 4 to 7 hours (computed from the original estimate of increasing school time from 3.5 to 7 hours); 1286 schools participated

Evaluation design	Differences-in-differences
Cluster definition	N/A

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Complete sample	Language	National Learning Evaluation	8	4313	Coeff: 0.21; SE: 0.08; SD: 4.32
Complete sample	Math	National Learning Evaluation	8	4313	Coeff: 0.29; SE: 0.08; SD: 3.89

Study	Cerdan-Infantes, Pedro, and Christel Vermeersch. "More time is better: An evaluation of the full time school program in Uruguay." World Bank Policy Research Working Paper no. 4167 (2007).