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| dc.title | Information Technology and Student Achievement: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Ecuador |
| dc.contributor.author | Carrillo, Paul E. |
| dc.contributor.author | Onofa, Mercedes |
| dc.contributor.author | Ponce, Juan |
| dc.contributor.orgunit | Department of Research and Chief Economist |
| dc.coverage | Ecuador |
| dc.date.available | 2011-08-23T00:00:00 |
| dc.date.issue | 2010-12-01T00:00:00 |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper studies the effects of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the school environment on educational achievement. To quantify these effects, the impact is evaluated of a project run by the municipality of Guayaquil, Ecuador, which provides computer-aided instruction in mathematics and language to students in primary schools. Using an experimental design, it is found that the program had a positive impact on mathematics test scores (about 0. 30 of a standard deviation) and a negative but statistically insignificant effect on language test scores. The impact is heterogeneous and is much larger for those students at the top of the achievement distribution. |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011199 |
| dc.identifier.url | https://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Information-Technology-and-Student--Achievement-Evidence-from-a-Randomized-Experiment-in-Ecuador.pdf |
| dc.language.iso | en |
| dc.medium | Adobe PDF |
| dc.publisher | Inter-American Development Bank |
| dc.subject | Primary and Secondary Education |
| dc.subject | Telecommunication |
| dc.subject | E-Learning |
| dc.subject | Foundational Skills |
| dc.subject.jelcode | C93 - Field Experiments |
| dc.subject.jelcode | I21 - Analysis of Education |
| dc.subject.keywords | IDB-WP-223, Information and communications technology, Education, Experimental design, Ecuador, ICT, primary education, experimental design |
| dc.type | Working Papers |
| idb.identifier.pubnumber | Working Papers |
| idb.operation | RG-T1615 |