Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/46045 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5266
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
EPIS is an original and large private-sector program aimed at improving student achievement and eroding early school leaving at Portuguese state schools. The program first screens students to focus only on those more likely to perform poorly; and then conducts a number of small-group sessions aimed at improving the non-cognitive skills (e.g. study skills, motivation, self-esteem) of the selected students. Our quasi-experimental evidence of the effects of EPIS is drawn from rich longitudinal student data and the different timings in the roll-out of the program, both within and across schools. The results indicate that the program reduced grade retention by at least 10 percentage points and did so in a cost effective way.
Subjects: 
student achievement
program evaluation
matched school-student data
JEL: 
I20
J08
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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