Cost-effectiveness analysis of an in-service teacher training system: Logos II in Brazil

Banque mondialeThis series of unreferred discussion papers is intended to provide an initial circulation of work prepared under the auspices of the Populationand Human Resources Division.Discussion Paper No. 81-40; Logos II is an in-service training system to upgrade unqualified teachers in Brazil (estimated to be 200,000). It uses a package of 203 teaching booklets, covering. the entire curriculum from fifth to eleventh grades. Teachers get the booklets in teaching centers) strategically located and run by a supervisor who tests systematically that the previous booklet has been adequately mastered by the teacher before giving the following one. Furthermore, the supervisor provides oral tea…