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dc.titleRemedial Education: Evidence from a Sequence of Experiments in Colombia
dc.contributor.authorÁlvarez Marinelli, Horacio
dc.contributor.authorBerlinski, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorBusso, Matías
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.contributor.orgunitEducation Division
dc.coverageColombia
dc.date.available2019-12-11T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2019-12-11T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper assesses the effectiveness of an intervention aimed at improving the reading skills of struggling third-grade students in Colombia. In a series of randomized experiments, students participated in remedial tutorials conducted during school hours in small groups. Trained teachers used structured pedagogical materials that can be easily scaled up. Informed by the outcomes of each cohort, we fine-tuned the intervention tools for each subsequent cohort. We found positive and persistent impacts on literacy scores and positive spillovers on some mathematics scores. The effectiveness of the program grew over time, likely because of higher dosage and the fine-tuning of materials.
dc.format.extent43
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002075
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Remedial_Education_Evidence_from_a_Sequence_of_Experiments_in_Colombia_en.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectPrimary Education
dc.subjectFoundational Skills
dc.subjectImpact Evaluation
dc.subjectAcademic Performance
dc.subjectEducational Institution
dc.subject.jelcodeI21 - Analysis of Education
dc.subject.jelcodeJ24 - Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor Productivity
dc.subject.jelcodeC93 - Field Experiments
dc.subject.jelcodeO15 - Human Resources • Human Development • Income Distribution • Migration
dc.subject.keywordsRemedial education; Literacy; Colombia; Sequential experimentation
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-01067
idb.operationRG-K1416
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