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Cuba's academic advantage : why students in Cuba do better in school / Martin Carnoy ; with Amber K. Gove and Jeffrey H. Marshall.

by Carnoy, Martin.

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Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.

Education, Elementary -- Cuba.

Education and state -- Cuba.

Education, Elementary -- Latin America.

Education and state.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip073/2006035228.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0710/2006035228-b.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0710/2006035228-d.html

0804755973 (cloth : alk. paper)

9780804755979 (cloth : alk. paper)

0804755981 (pbk. : alk. paper)

9780804755986 (pbk. : alk. paper)

xi, 209 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Context matters -- Three educational systems in three social contexts -- Understanding why school achievement varies -- Comparing academic performance in Cuba and other Latin American countries -- The long road from curriculum construction to student learning -- Opportunity to learn and teaching patterns -- Lessons learned -- Appendix A: Production function estimates of student achievement in Latin America, by country -- Appendix B: Definitions of terms used in chapter 6 and task analysis guide.

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