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1 Remedial Education Programs to Accelerate Learning for All
, 2012
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Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments
- in India,” NBER Working Paper
, 2005
"... This paper presents the results of two randomized experiments conducted in schools in urban India. A remedial education program hired young women to teach students lagging behind in basic literacy and numeracy skills. It increased average test scores of all children in treatment schools by 0.28 stan ..."
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This paper presents the results of two randomized experiments conducted in schools in urban India. A remedial education program hired young women to teach students lagging behind in basic literacy and numeracy skills. It increased average test scores of all children in treatment schools by 0
Reconsidering research on learning from media.
- Review of Educational Research,
, 1983
"... ABSTRACT. Recent meta-analyses and other studies of media influence on learning are reviewed. Consistent evidence is found for the generalization that there are no learning benefits to be gained from employing any specific medium to deliver instruction. Research showing performance or time-saving g ..."
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. Studies of the influence of media on learning have been a fixed feature of educational research since However, this article will argue that most current summaries and meta-analyses of media comparison studies clearly suggest that media do not influence learning under my conditions. Even in the few cases
Toward a Conceptual Framework for Mixed-Method Evaluation Designs. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
, 1989
"... In recent years evaluators of educational and social programs have expanded their method-ological repertoire with designs that include the use of both qualitative and quantitative methods. Such practice, however, needs to be grounded in a theory that can meaningfully guide the design and implementat ..."
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In recent years evaluators of educational and social programs have expanded their method-ological repertoire with designs that include the use of both qualitative and quantitative methods. Such practice, however, needs to be grounded in a theory that can meaningfully guide the design
Policies to Foster Human Capital
- Research in Economics 54
, 2000
"... This paper considers the sources of skill formation in a modern economy and emphasizes the importance of both cognitive and noncognitive skills in producing economic and social success and the importance of both formal academic institutions and families and firms as sources of learning. Skill format ..."
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currently used to evaluate educational interventions ignore these noncogntive skills and therefore substantially understate the benefits of early intervention programs and mentoring and teenage motivation programs. At current levels of investment, American society underinvests in the very young
Experimental Analysis of Neighborhood Effects on Youth,” Working Paper 483, Industrial Relations Section,
, 2004
"... Families, primarily female-headed minority households with children, living in highpoverty public housing projects in five U.S. cities were offered housing vouchers by lottery in the Moving to Opportunity program. Four to seven years after random assignment, families offered vouchers lived in safer ..."
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Families, primarily female-headed minority households with children, living in highpoverty public housing projects in five U.S. cities were offered housing vouchers by lottery in the Moving to Opportunity program. Four to seven years after random assignment, families offered vouchers lived
POLICY: REMEDIAL INSTRUCTION
"... Pupils who perform below acceptable levels on statewide assessments of the Core Curriculum Content Standards shall participate in remedial programs. Proficiency shall also be evaluated through multiskills assessment, standardized tests, diagnostic instruments, teacher observation and pupil progress ..."
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reports. The programs shall include procedures to evaluate pupil achievement related to the remedial program objectives and standards. Continuous communication between teaching staff members and parents/guardians of pupils participating in remedial educational programs shall be coordinated by the Chief
Worms: Identifying Impacts on Education and Health in the presence of Treatment Externalities
- ECONOMETRICA
, 2004
"... Intestinal helminths—including hookworm, roundworm, whipworm, and schistosomiasis—infect more than one-quarter of the world’s population. Studies in which medical treatment is randomized at the individual level potentially doubly underestimate the benefits of treatment, missing externality benefits ..."
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to the comparison group from reduced disease transmission, and therefore also underestimating benefits for the treatment group. We evaluate a Kenyan project in which school-based mass treatment with deworming drugs was randomly phased into schools, rather than to individuals, allowing estimation of overall program
The Effects of Financial Education in the Workplace: Evidence from a Survey of Employers.” NBER Working Paper No. 5655. Cambridge, Mass.: National Bureau of Economic Research
, 1996
"... SBR95-11321), as well as to Merrill Lynch, Inc., for financial support. We would also like to thank KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, and in particular Martha Priddy Patterson, for making available the data used to conduct We examine the effects of education on financial decision-making skills by identifying a ..."
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an interesting source of variation in pertinent training. During the 1990s, an increasing number of individuals were exposed to programs of financial education provided by their employers. If, as some have argued, low saving frequently results from a failure to appreciate economic vulnerabilities, then education
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