Barrera-Osorio, FelipeLinden, Leigh L.2012-03-192012-03-192009-02-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/4032This paper presents the evaluation of the program Computers for Education. The program aims to integrate computers, donated by the private sector, into the teaching of language in public schools. The authors conduct a two-year randomized evaluation of the program using a sample of 97 schools and 5,201 children. Overall, the program seems to have had little effect on students' test scores and other outcomes. These results are consistent across grade levels, subjects, and gender. The main reason for these results seems to be the failure to incorporate the computers into the educational process. Although the program increased the number of computers in the treatment schools and provided training to the teachers on how to use the computers in their classrooms, surveys of both teachers and students suggest that teachers did not incorporate the computers into their curriculum.CC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC OUTCOMESACADEMIC PERFORMANCEACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICSARITHMETICAVERAGE SCOREAVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECTBASIC EDUCATIONCLASS ACTIVITIESCLASSROOM MANAGEMENTCLASSROOM TEACHERCLASSROOM TEACHINGCLASSROOM TECHNIQUESCLASSROOMSCOGNITIVE SKILLSCOLLABORATIVE LEARNINGCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESCOMPETENCIESCOMPUTER ASSISTED LEARNINGCOMPUTER PROGRAMSCOMPUTER SCIENCECOMPUTERS IN EDUCATIONCOMPUTERS IN SCHOOLSCURRICULUMDIGITAL DIVIDEEARLY GRADESECONOMICS OF EDUCATIONEDUCATION PROGRAMSEDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENTEDUCATIONAL OUTCOMESEDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGYEDUCATORSELEMENTSEMPLOYMENTETSEXAMEXAMSFEMALE STUDENTSFIELD TESTGIRLSGRADE LEVELSHIGHER GRADESHOMEWORKHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHYPERMEDIAINSTRUCTIONINSTRUCTION METHODSINSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGYINTERVENTIONSLANGUAGE ACQUISITIONLANGUAGE EDUCATIONLANGUAGE TEACHERSLEARNINGLEARNING PROCESSLEARNING PROCESSESLECTURESLITERATURELOWER SECONDARYMATH SCORESMATH TEACHERSMATHEMATICSNATURAL SCIENCESNUMBER OF SCHOOLSNUMBER OF STUDENTSPAPERSPEDAGOGYPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTSPRINCIPALSPUBLIC SCHOOLSQUALITY OF EDUCATIONREADINGREADING SKILLSREASONINGREGULAR CLASSROOMREPETITIONRESEARCH LITERATURERESEARCHERSRURAL AREASSCHOOL LEVELSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSECONDARY SCHOOLSSOCIAL SCIENCESOCIAL SCIENCESSTANDARDIZED TESTSSTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENT ASSESSMENTSTUDENT BEHAVIORSTUDENT OUTCOMESSUBJECTSTEACHERTEACHER BEHAVIORTEACHER PERFORMANCETEACHERSTEACHINGTEACHING METHODOLOGIESTEACHING METHODSTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETEST SCORESTEXTBOOKSTRAINING OF TEACHERSTUTORIALSTYPES OF STUDENTSWRITING SKILLSWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4836