The Impact of an Online Tutoring Program for Algebra Readiness on Mathematics Achievements; Results of a Randomized Experiment

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sahba Akhavan Niaki ◽  
Clint P. George ◽  
George Michailidis ◽  
Carole R. Beal
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Experiment ◽  
Online Tutoring ◽  
Algebra Readiness ◽  
Tutoring Program ◽  
The Impact

Using Behavioral Insights to Improve School Administrative Communications: The Case of Truancy Notifications

2021 ◽  
pp. 0013189X2110007
Author(s):  
Jessica Lasky-Fink ◽  
Carly D. Robinson ◽  
Hedy Nai-Lin Chang ◽  
Todd Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Parental Engagement ◽  
Randomized Experiment ◽  
Randomized Experiments ◽  
Parental Efficacy ◽  
Behavioral Barriers ◽  
The Impact

Many states mandate districts or schools notify parents when students have missed multiple unexcused days of school. We report a randomized experiment ( N = 131,312) evaluating the impact of sending parents truancy notifications modified to target behavioral barriers that can hinder effective parental engagement. Modified truancy notifications that used simplified language, emphasized parental efficacy, and highlighted the negative incremental effects of missing school reduced absences by 0.07 days in the 1 month following compared to the standard, legalistic, and punitively worded notification—an estimated 40% improvement over the standard truancy notification. This work illustrates how behavioral insights and randomized experiments can be used to improve administrative communications in education.

scholarly journals Estimating the Impact of Microcredit on Those Who Take It Up: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Morocco

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Crépon ◽  
Florencia Devoto ◽  
Esther Duflo ◽  
William Parienté
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Significant Rise ◽  
Randomized Experiment ◽  
Randomized Evaluation ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Suggestive Evidence ◽  
The Impact

We report results from a randomized evaluation of a microcredit program introduced in rural areas of Morocco in 2006. Thirteen percent of the households in treatment villages took a loan, and none in control villages did. Among households identified as more likely to borrow, microcredit access led to a significant rise in investment in assets used for self-employment activities, and an increase in profit, but also to a reduction in income from casual labor. Overall there was no gain in income or consumption. We find suggestive evidence that these results are mainly driven by effects on borrowers, rather than by externalities. (JEL D14, G21, J23, O12, O16, O18)

scholarly journals Saving by Default: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural India

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 39-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Somville ◽  
Lore Vandewalle
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiment ◽  
Cash Transfers ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Randomized Experiment ◽  
Payment Method ◽  
Bank Account ◽  
Savings Behavior ◽  
The Impact

Access to banks is rapidly increasing worldwide, and allows account-based instead of cash transfers. We conduct a randomized experiment documenting the impact of the payment method on savings behavior. In India, we allocate identical weekly payments into a bank account (treated) or in cash (control). Savings in the account increase by 131 percent within 3 months, and the effect is long lasting. We also show that cash payments increase consumption and that—once everyone is paid in cash again—the savings patterns no longer differ. We interpret these findings as a default effect, and we further discuss plausible mechanisms. (JEL C93, D14, D90, G21, O12, O16)

A Delayed Treatment Control Group Design Study of an After-School Online Tutoring Program in Reading

2014 ◽  
pp. 264-279
Author(s):  
S. Marshall Perry
Keyword(s):  
After School ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Treatment Control ◽  
Design Study ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Delayed Treatment ◽  
Group Design ◽  
Online Tutoring ◽  
Tutoring Program ◽  
Treatment Control Group

This chapter concerns a year-long, United States federally-funded evaluation of Educate Online, an online, at home, 1:1 tutoring program aimed at improving reading performance for middle school students who are below grade level. Participating students receive after-school instruction from teachers in real-time over Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) connections. The researcher discusses study findings, the methodological challenges of conducting research on online tutoring, the multiple perspectives for understanding the effectiveness of a tutoring program, and areas for additional research. The chapter examines a key aspect of the evaluation, a delayed treatment control group design study to determine the effect that involvement in the tutoring program has upon student academic achievement in reading.

scholarly journals Estimating the Impact of Microcredit on Those Who Take It Up: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Morocco

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Crépon ◽  
Florencia Devoto ◽  
Esther Duflo ◽  
William Pariente
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Experiment ◽  
The Impact
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