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New technology in schools: is there a payoff?

Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally and Olmo Silva


Economists have typically been sceptical that computers improve educational outcomes. But research by Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally and Olmo Silva finds evidence that new technology can have a positive effect on pupils' performance.


June 2006     Paper Number CEPCP199

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