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Intervening at Home and Then at School: A Randomized Evaluation of Two Approaches to Improve Early Educational Outcomes in Tonga

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dc.contributor.authorMacdonald, Kevin
dc.contributor.authorBrinkman, Sally
dc.contributor.authorJarvie, Wendy
dc.contributor.authorMachuca-Sierra, Myrna
dc.contributor.authorMcDonall, Kris
dc.contributor.authorMessaoud-Galusi, Souhila
dc.contributor.authorTapueluelu, Siosiana
dc.contributor.authorVu, Binh Thanh
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-28T17:07:08Z
dc.date.available2018-12-28T17:07:08Z
dc.date.issued2018-12
dc.description.abstractThis paper evaluates and compares two randomized interventions in Tonga, one targeting the home environment of children up to age 5 and one targeting the school environment for first and second grade students. The first intervention supports communities to set up and run playgroups that aim to improve caregiver-child interaction at home and ultimately improve children's readiness for school. Among children of mothers without high school education, being in a treatment community positively affects the school readiness literacy domains and overall score by 0.19 and 0.2 standard deviation, respectively, for girls and the literacy domains for boys by 0.17 standard deviation. The second intervention provides teachers with training, materials, and coaching to improve reading instruction practices and students’ reading ability. It increased average early grade reading scores by approximately 0.18 standard deviation per year of exposure. Two cohorts of children were potentially exposed to both interventions, providing an opportunity to compare, for the same population of children, the effects of an early childhood intervention with a school-based intervention using a common measure of learning achievement. The school readiness intervention is found to have positive effects on early grade reading scores only among children in the reading intervention’s control group; effect sizes of approximately 0.29 standard deviation were found at the end of second grade for children exposed to one year of the school readiness intervention and at the end of first grade for girls exposed to two years of the intervention.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/749601545227173514/Intervening-at-Home-and-Then-at-School-A-Randomized-Evaluation-of-Two-Approaches-to-Improve-Early-Educational-Outcomes-in-Tonga
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8682
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/31084
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8682
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectSCHOOL READINESS
dc.subjectEARLY CHILD EDUCATION
dc.subjectCHILDCARE
dc.subjectEDUCATION POLICY
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectPRIMARY EDUCATION
dc.subjectREADING SKILLS
dc.subjectHOME ENVIRONMENT
dc.subjectREADING ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subjectLITERACY
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectRANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL
dc.subjectCOST EFFECTIVENESS
dc.titleIntervening at Home and Then at Schoolen
dc.title.subtitleA Randomized Evaluation of Two Approaches to Improve Early Educational Outcomes in Tongaen
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okr.crossref.titleIntervening at Home and Then at School: A Randomized Evaluation of Two Approaches to Improve Early Educational Outcomes in Tonga
okr.date.disclosure2018-12-19
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/749601545227173514/Intervening-at-Home-and-Then-at-School-A-Randomized-Evaluation-of-Two-Approaches-to-Improve-Early-Educational-Outcomes-in-Tonga
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8682
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum30709724
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/749601545227173514/pdf/WPS8682.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryTonga
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okr.topicEducation::Primary Education
okr.topicEducation::Access & Equity in Basic Education
okr.topicEducation::Early Childhood Development
okr.topicEducation::Educational Policy and Planning
okr.topicEducation::Effective Schools and Teachers
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Early Child and Children's Health
okr.unitEducation Global Practice
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