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Maternal Literacy and Participation Programs for Child Learning in India

James Berry
Researcher evaluated whether mothers’ literacy classes and home-learning participation trainings could improve children’s learning outcomes. The interventions had small positive impacts on mother and child learning levels.
A group of girls in the mountains.

The Effect of Village-Based Schools in Afghanistan

Dana Burde
Leigh Linden
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation in Afghanistan to measure the impact of school proximity on the educational outcomes of young students in local villages. Results indicated that the geographic proximity of schools had a dramatic effect on children’s academic participation and...
Uniformed students sit on school porch as teacher in sari watches

Discrimination in Grading in India

Rema Hanna
Leigh Linden
Researchers used a randomized evaluation to test for discrimination in grading in India. They found that teachers gave exams that were assigned to be lower caste worse scores than those that were assigned to be high caste.
Girls who scored in the top 15 percent on tests received merit-based scholarships, Kenya.

Incentives to Learn: A Merit-Based Girls' Scholarship Program in Kenya

Michael Kremer
Edward Miguel
Rebecca Thornton
Approximately 85 percent of primary school age children in western Kenya are enrolled in school, but only about one-third of students finish primary school. This project was introduced in part to assist families of high-achieving girls to cover the cost of school fees, supplies, and activities.
A group of students in front of a chalkboard

The Impact of Secondary Education on Economic Decision-Making in Malawi

Syngjoo Choi
Hyuncheol Bryant Kim
Booyuel Kim
Cristian (Kiki) Pop-Eleches
Researchers evaluated whether randomly providing financial support for secondary education could improve economic decision-making in addition to educational outcomes for secondary school students in Malawi. Results show that the intervention improved educational outcomes and economic decision-making...
Children studying in a classroom in Istanbul

Teachers' traditional beliefs about gender negatively impact the academic performance of girls in Turkey

Sule Alan
Seda Ertac
Ipek Mumcu
To better understand gender inequalities in academic achievement, choice of occupation, and labor market outcomes, researchers studied the effect of teachers’ beliefs about gender roles on student achievement in Istanbul, Turkey. Girls who were taught by teachers with traditional gender views had...
The actors and film crew of "My Sunshine", a short movie used as the edutainment campaign material in this intervention

Edutainment Campaigns to Address Social Norms and Perceptions about Child Marriage in Indonesia

Milda Irhamni
Gumilang Aryo Sahadewo
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of an entertainment-education short film informational campaign (i.e. edutainment campaign) designed to inform adolescent girls and parents of the costs of child marriage on the norms and perceptions about child marriage in Indonesia...
Three girls wearing hijabs sit in a classroom holding books and other learning materials

Learning beyond school: the impact of a remedial learning and literacy program on out-of-school girls in Pakistan

Sabrin Beg
Anne Fitzpatrick
Adrienne Lucas
This project used a randomized evaluation to study the effect of a learning program targeting adolescent girls on their education, aspirations, and empowerment.