Pandey, PriyankaGoyal, SangeetaSundararaman, Venkatesh2012-05-242012-05-242008-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6359This study evaluates the impact of a community-based information campaign on school performance from a cluster randomized control trial. The campaign consisted of eight to nine public meetings in each of 340 treatment villages across three Indian states to disseminate information to the community about its state mandated roles and responsibilities in school management. The findings from the first follow-up 2-4 months after the campaign show that providing information through a structured campaign to communities had a positive impact in all three states. In two states there was a significant and positive impact on reading (14-27 percent) in one of the three grades tested; in the third state there was a significant impact on writing in one grade (15 percent) and on mathematics in the other grade tested (27 percent). The intervention is associated with improvement in teacher effort in two states. Some improvements occurred in the delivery of certain benefits entitled to students (stipend, uniform, and mid day meal) and in process variables such as community participation in each of the three states. Follow-up research needs to examine whether there is a systematic increase in learning when the impact is measured over a longer time period and whether a campaign sustained over a longer time is able to generate greater impact on school outcomes.CC BY 3.0 IGOANNUAL GRANTSATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTSAVERAGE TREATMENT EFFECTBASIC EDUCATIONBLACKBOARDSCALLCIVIL SERVICECIVIL SERVICE TEACHERSCLASSROOMCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCOMPETENCIESCURRICULUMDECENTRALIZATIONDECISION MAKINGDISTANCE TO SCHOOLEDUCATION DEPARTMENTSEDUCATION SECTOREND OF GRADEEXAMFEMALE LITERACYFEMALE LITERACY RATEFEMALE STUDENTSFREE TEXTBOOKSGIRLSHEAD TEACHERHEADMASTERSHIGH SCHOOLHIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTILLITERATE PARENTSINTERVENTIONSLEARNINGLEARNING ACHIEVEMENTLEARNING ACHIEVEMENTSLEARNING MATERIALLEARNING OUTCOMESLITERACYLITERACY RATELITERACY RATESMATH SKILLSMATH TESTMATHEMATICSNUMBER OF STUDENTSPAPERSPARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATIONSPARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONSPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY GRADESPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERSPRIMARY SCHOOLSPUBLIC PARTICIPATIONPUBLIC SCHOOLSPUPIL-TEACHER RATIOQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY OF TEACHINGQUALITY SCHOOLINGREADINGREGULAR TEACHERSRESEARCH AGENDASCHOLARSHIPSSCHOOL AGESCHOOL BUILDINGSCHOOL COMMITTEESCHOOL COMMITTEESSCHOOL DAYSSCHOOL DEVELOPMENTSCHOOL EDUCATIONSCHOOL ENROLLMENTSCHOOL HEADMASTERSCHOOL IMPROVEMENTSCHOOL INSPECTIONSSCHOOL MANAGEMENTSCHOOL PERFORMANCESCHOOL QUALITYSCHOOL TEACHERSCHOOL TEACHERSSCHOOL UNIFORMSSCHOOL VISITSCHOOL VISITSSCHOOL YEARSCHOOLSSERVICE TRAININGSTUDENT CHARACTERISTICSSTUDENT LEARNINGSTUDENT PERFORMANCETEACHERTEACHER BEHAVIORTEACHER CHARACTERISTICSTEACHER PERFORMANCETEACHERSTEACHINGTEST SCORESTEXT BOOKSTEXTBOOKSVILLAGE EDUCATIONVILLAGE EDUCATION COMMITTEEVILLAGE EDUCATION COMMITTEESVILLAGE MEETINGSWORKERSWRITING SKILLSWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4776