A Cautionary Tale of Tutoring Hard-to-Reach Students in Kenya
24 April 2023
Covid-19-induced school closures generated great interest in tutoring as a strategy to make up for lost learning time. Tutoring is backed by a rigorous body of research, but it [...]
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Assessors influence results: Evidence on enumerator effects and educational impact evaluations
18 October 2022
A significant share of education and development research uses data collected by workers called “enumerators.” It is well-documented that “enumerator effects”—or inconsistent practices between the individual people who administer [...]
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Can learning be measured by phone? Evidence from Kenya
1 October 2022
The 2020 COVID-19 outbreak induced almost universal school closures around the world, placing heightened emphasis on methods for monitoring student learning at a distance. Even prior to these shutdowns, tracking academic [...]
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Can Camp Get You Into a Better Secondary School? A Field Experiment of Targeted Instruction in Kenya
14 April 2022
Access to quality secondary schooling can be life changing for students in developing contexts. In Kenya, entrance to such schools was historically determined by performance on a high-stakes exam. Understandably [...]
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