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Slow Down, You're Going Too Fast: Matching Curricula to Student Skill Levels

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  • Lant Pritchett
  • Amanda Beatty

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Learning profiles show changes in student skills per year of schooling. Profiles are often shockingly shallow in developing countries in part because curricula move faster than the pace of learning.

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  • Lant Pritchett & Amanda Beatty, 2015. "Slow Down, You're Going Too Fast: Matching Curricula to Student Skill Levels," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 42f29d2d7361401a9045bc95a, Mathematica Policy Research.
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    International education ; Development ; Curriculum ; Learning profiles;
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