@article{jukes_improving_2017, title = {Improving {Literacy} {Instruction} in {Kenya} {Through} {Teacher} {Professional} {Development} and {Text} {Messages} {Support}: {A} {Cluster} {Randomized} {Trial}}, volume = {10}, issn = {1934-5747, 1934-5739}, shorttitle = {Improving {Literacy} {Instruction} in {Kenya} {Through} {Teacher} {Professional} {Development} and {Text} {Messages} {Support}}, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19345747.2016.1221487}, doi = {10.1080/19345747.2016.1221487}, abstract = {We evaluated a program to improve literacy instruction on the Kenyan coast using training workshops, semiscripted lesson plans, and weekly text-message support for teachers to understand its impact on students’ literacy outcomes and on the classroom practices leading to those outcomes. The evaluation ran from the beginning of Grade 1 to the end of Grade 2 in 51 government primary schools chosen at random, with 50 schools acting as controls. The intervention had an impact on classroom practices with effect sizes from 0.57 to 1.15. There was more instruction with written text and more focus on letters and sounds. There was a positive impact on three of four primary measures of children’s literacy after two years, with effect sizes up to 0.64, and school dropout reduced from 5.3\% to 2.1\%. This approach to literacy instruction is sustainable, and affordable and a similar approach has subsequently been adopted nationally in Kenya.}, language = {en}, number = {3}, urldate = {2020-05-16}, journal = {Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness}, author = {Jukes, Matthew C. H. and Turner, Elizabeth L. and Dubeck, Margaret M. and Halliday, Katherine E. and Inyega, Hellen N. and Wolf, Sharon and Zuilkowski, Stephanie Simmons and Brooker, Simon J.}, month = jul, year = {2017}, note = {shortDOI: 10/gftrwn KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1080/19345747.2016.1221487 10/gftrwn 2339240:BHTFCPZY 2339240:NZ4F4CI7 2339240:WQWT3F9T 2405685:8RA9QUBS 2405685:KF3AT824 2405685:L29LKK2H 2405685:NZMWQR53 2405685:ZPZ33ATM 2534378:5AX7B2XZ 2534378:69A797YC 2534378:6YQFC9JR 2534378:DNVP68DF 2534378:JCAY2TT6 2534378:LP5IEPIP 2534378:M4JQTSXE 2534378:NJKCAKUT}, keywords = {Africa, Classroom Observation Techniques, Dropout Rate, ERIC, Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE), Early Childhood Education, Effect Size, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Grade 2, Handheld Devices, Improving Learning in Sub-Saharan Africa Using Rigorous Research Designs, Intelligence Tests, Intervention, Interviews, Kenya, Literacy Education, Maximum Likelihood Statistics, Pretests Posttests, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness, Promising Interventions Are Great, but Are They Enough?, Questionnaires, RCT, Randomized Controlled Trials, Raven Progressive Matrices, Rural Schools, Statistical Analysis, Teacher Improvement, Teaching Methods, Telecommunications, What We Are Learning About Early Education in Sub-Saharan Africa, \_\_:import:01, \_\_:match:final, \_\_:matched, \_\_:study\_id:2096051, \_\_\_working\_potential\_duplicate, \_\_finaldtb, early grade reading, literacy instruction}, pages = {449--481}, }