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dc.titleResearch Insights: Can Low-Cost Communication Technologies Bridge Information Gaps between Schools and Parents?
dc.contributor.authorBerlinski, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorBusso, Matías
dc.contributor.authorDinkelman, Taryn
dc.contributor.authorMartínez, Claudia
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageChile
dc.date.available2021-10-28T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2021-10-28T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractWe document large gaps between parents knowledge and school reports of students attendance and grades. Sending frequent text messages with information on attendance, grades and school behavior shrinks those gaps. Parents of at-risk students adjust their understanding of their children's performance to the greatest degree. High-frequency text messages had positive impacts on grades and attendance. Math GPA increased 0.08 of a standard deviation; the probability of earning a passing grade in math increased by 2.7 percentage points (relative to a mean of 90 percent). The intervention also reduced school absenteeism by 1 percentage point and increased the share of students who met attendance requirements for grade promotion by 4.5 percentage points.
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003737
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Research-Insights-Can-Low-Cost-Communication-Technologies-Bridge-Information-Gaps-between-Schools-and-Parents.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Perspectivas-de-investigacion-Pueden-las-tecnologias-de-la-comunicacion-a-bajo-costo-achicar-la-brecha-de-informacion-entre-las-escuelas-y-los-padres-de-familia.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectEducational Institution
dc.subjectChildren
dc.subjectTeaching of Mathematics
dc.subjectEducational Research
dc.subjectSchool Absenteeism
dc.subjectHigh School
dc.subjectKnowledge Gap
dc.subjectFoundational Skills
dc.subjectSchool Dropout
dc.subjectStandard Deviation
dc.subjectRating
dc.subjectKnowledge
dc.subjectAcademic Failure
dc.subjectScience and Technology
dc.subjectEducation Management
dc.subject.jelcodeI25 - Education and Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeD80 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty: General
dc.subject.jelcodeN36 - Latin America • Caribbean
dc.subject.keywordsInformation experiment;Parent-School communication
dc.typeCatalogs and Brochures
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-CB-00590
idb.operationBK-C1102
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