Beyond the Basics: Improving Post-Primary Content Delivery through Classroom Technology

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Report
Authors/contributors
Title
Beyond the Basics: Improving Post-Primary Content Delivery through Classroom Technology
Abstract
Using an RCT in middle schools in Pakistan, we test the effect of a government- implemented in-class technology and brief teacher training intervention on student achievement in grade level mathematics and science. After only 4 months of exposure, student's combined math and science score increased by 0.3 standard deviations on both project and government tests, 59 percent more than the control group. Students were also more likely to pass the provincial high-stakes exams. Increased attendance by both students and teachers indicate technology can increase other inputs. At the 200 school scale, this program is extremely cost-effective.
Report Number
25704
Report Type
Working Paper
Institution
National Bureau of Economic Research
Date
March 2019
Short Title
Beyond the Basics
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03/06/2020, 10:59
Library Catalogue
National Bureau of Economic Research
Extra
Series: Working Paper Series DOI: 10.3386/w25704
Citation
Beg, S. A., Lucas, A. M., Halim, W., & Saif, U. (2019). Beyond the Basics: Improving Post-Primary Content Delivery through Classroom Technology (Working Paper No. 25704). National Bureau of Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.3386/w25704