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Many observers consider Fe y Alegría a successful organization, but very few rigorous evaluations have been conducted. This volume is devoted to an assessment of the performance and selected aspects of the management and pedagogical practices of Fe y Alegría, a federation of Jesuit schools serving approximately one million children in 20 countries, mostly in Latin America. The available quantitative evidence suggests that the federation's schools often do reach the poor, and that students in Fe y Alegría schools tend to perform as well on test scores, if not slightly better than comparable stu

Poor children --- Educational equalization --- Education --- Fe y Alegría (Organization) --- Jesuits --- Educational inequality --- Equal education --- Equal educational opportunity --- Equalization, Educational --- Children of the poor --- Economically disadvantaged children --- Economic conditions --- Compagnie de Jésus --- Compañia de Jesus --- Gesellschaft Jesu --- Jesuitas --- Jesuiten --- Jesuiti --- Jezuïten --- Jésuites --- Paters Jezuïten --- Societeit van Jezus --- Society of Jesus --- FYA --- Fe y Alegría Federación Internacional --- Federación Internacional de Fe y Alegría --- Federación Internacional Fe y Alegría --- Affirmative action programs in education --- Children --- Aims and objectives --- Educational equality --- Educational equity --- Equality of education --- Equity, Educational --- Inequality, Educational --- Opportunity, Equal educational --- イエズス会 --- カトリック イエズス会 --- Latin America. --- Asociación Latinoamericana de Libre Comercio countries --- Neotropical region --- Neotropics --- New World tropics --- Spanish America