Back to the Basics: Curriculum Reform and Student Learning in Tanzania

This paper evaluates the effect of the Tanzanian curriculum reform on learning outcomes

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 6 June 2022

• Country: Tanzania
• Document Type: Working Paper
• Theme: Education
• Authors: Rodriguez-Segura, D., Mbiti, I

Abstract

Using student-level panel data, this paper evaluates the effect of the Tanzanian curriculum reform on learning outcomes using a difference-in-differences approach which leverages the variation in the timing of implementation across grade levels and cohorts impacted by the policy.

This research is part of the Research on Improving Systems of Education programme.

Citation

Rodriguez-Segura, D. and Mbiti, I. 2022. Back to the Basics: Curriculum Reform and Student Learning in Tanzania. RISE Working Paper Series. 22/099. https://doi.org/10.35489/BSG-RISE-WP_2022/099

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Back to the Basics: Curriculum Reform and Student Learning in Tanzania

Published 6 June 2022