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The Impact of Government-run Remedial Education Programs on Student Learning in Ghana

Building on previous research, researchers in this study evaluated the impact of several targeted instruction programs on the learning outcomes of primary school students in Ghana’s public schools. Researchers found significant improvements in numeracy and literacy on average; of the four...
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Weekday vs. Weekend Text-Based Parenting Support in the United States

Kalena Cortes
Hans Fricke
David Song
Ben York
In Texas, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of text message-based parenting support delivered at different times of the week on young children’s literacy and numeracy development. They found that text messages delivered on weekends were best for supporting children...
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Educational Returns of Boarding Schools for Underserved Secondary School Children in France

Luc Behaghel
Clement de Chaisemartin
Axelle Charpentier
Marc Gurgand
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of boarding schools on educational outcomes and well-being for children with disadvantaged backgrounds in France. The top third of students admitted to France’s first “boarding school of excellence” had large improvements in math...
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Improving Student Learning through Classroom Technology Adoption in Pakistan

Sabrin Beg
Waqas Halim
Adrienne Lucas
Umar Saif
Researchers partnered with the Government of Pakistan to conduct two parallel randomized evaluations to test the impact of providing supplemental teaching materials on the quality of student learning and teachers’ effectiveness. Overall, the eLearn Classroom intervention improved student achievement...
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India’s Happiness Curriculum to Improve Youth Mental Health, Learning, and Development

Kevin Carney
Avinash Moorthy
Researchers are examining the impact of a socioemotional learning curriculum on student mental health, academic achievement, and other social outcomes.
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Removing Higher Education Barriers of Entry: Test Training and Classroom Peer Effects in Chile

Esther Duflo
Francisco Gallego
Felipe Kast
In an ongoing study, researchers are evaluating whether providing subsidized test preparation to high-achieving, low-income students can diminish the barriers to entry to institutions of higher education in Chile.

Vouchers for Private Schooling in Colombia

Joshua Angrist
Eric Bettinger
Erik Bloom
Elizabeth King
Michael Kremer
Juan Saavedra
Colombia used lotteries to distribute vouchers which partially covered the cost of private secondary school for students who maintained satisfactory academic progress. Three years after the lotteries, winners were about 10 percentage points more likely to have finished 8th grade, primarily because...
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Revealing Stereotypes about Immigrant Students to Middle School Teachers in Italy

Alberto Alesina
Michela Carlana
Eliana La Ferrara
Paolo Pinotti
Researchers evaluated the impact of informing middle school teachers in Italy about their implicit stereotypes towards immigrant students on end-of-year grading. Both math and literature teachers eligible to receive feedback before the end-of-the-year grading gave higher grades to immigrant students...