TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Cilliers, Jacobus
AU  - Mbiti, Isaac M.
AU  - Zeitlin, Andrew
        TI  - Can Public Rankings Improve School Performance? Evidence from a Nationwide Reform in Tanzania
        PY  - 2019/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12172
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12172
        AB  - In 2013, Tanzania introduced "Big Results Now in Education", a low-stakes accountability program that published both nationwide and within-district school rankings. Using data from the universe of school performance from 2011-2016, we identify the impacts of the reform using a difference-in-differences estimator that exploits the differential pressure exerted on schools at the top and bottom of their respective district rankings. We find that BRN improved learning outcomes for schools in the bottom two deciles of their districts. However, the program also led schools to strategically exclude students from the terminal year of primary school.
        KW  - education policy in developing countries
KW  - school rankings
KW  - school accountability
KW  - Tanzania
        ER  -