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A Randomized Evaluation of a Low-Cost and Highly Scripted Teaching Method to Improve Basic Early Grade Reading Skills in Papua New Guinea

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dc.contributor.authorMacdonald, Kevin
dc.contributor.authorVu, Binh Thanh
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-15T20:22:27Z
dc.date.available2018-05-15T20:22:27Z
dc.date.issued2018-05
dc.description.abstractEarly grade literacy skills are crucial for children's future education and ultimately their contribution to human capital formation and economic development. A significant challenge in development is identifying low-cost interventions to improve early literacy skills in contexts characterized by varying teacher ability and severe budget constraints. This paper evaluates the impact of Papua New Guinea's randomized Reading Booster Programme, which was conducted in Madang and Western Highlands Province in 2013 and 2014, respectively. The program provided teachers with training on a highly structured teaching method that they could apply one hour per day within the teaching time allocated to reading. Using the randomized assignment of schools into the program, the paper shows that it had a substantial impact on the reading skills targeted by the program for third grade students, ranging from 0.6 to 0.7 standard deviation. Large effects on other reading skills were found for girls but not boys. The program's cost per student was approximately US$60.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/247501525353958692/A-randomized-evaluation-of-a-low-cost-and-highly-scripted-teaching-method-to-improve-basic-early-grade-reading-skills-in-Papua-New-Guinea
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8427
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29833
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8427
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectRANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL
dc.subjectLITERACY
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectCOST EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subjectTEACHER EFFECTIVENESS
dc.subjectTEACHER TRAINING
dc.subjectREADING SKILLS
dc.titleA Randomized Evaluation of a Low-Cost and Highly Scripted Teaching Method to Improve Basic Early Grade Reading Skills in Papua New Guineaen
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okr.crossref.titleA Randomized Evaluation of a Low-Cost and Highly Scripted Teaching Method to Improve Basic Early Grade Reading Skills in Papua New Guinea
okr.date.disclosure2018-05-03
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/247501525353958692/A-randomized-evaluation-of-a-low-cost-and-highly-scripted-teaching-method-to-improve-basic-early-grade-reading-skills-in-Papua-New-Guinea
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8427
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-8427
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okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryPapua New Guinea
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okr.topicEducation::Early Childhood Development
okr.topicEducation::Effective Schools and Teachers
okr.topicEducation::Primary Education
okr.unitEducation Global Practice
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