@article{kerwin_making_2018, title = {Making the {Grade}: {The} {Sensitivity} of {Education} {Program} {Effectiveness} to {Input} {Choices} and {Outcome} {Measures}}, issn = {1556-5068}, shorttitle = {Making the {Grade}}, url = {https://www.ssrn.com/abstract=3002723}, doi = {10.2139/ssrn.3002723}, language = {en}, urldate = {2020-06-18}, journal = {SSRN Electronic Journal}, author = {Kerwin, Jason and Thornton, Rebecca L.}, year = {2018}, note = {shortDOI: 10/ghgn5h KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.2139/ssrn.3002723 10/ghgn5h 2405685:NY5IKG96}, keywords = {\_C:Australia AUS, \_C:Chad TCD, \_C:Ecuador ECU, \_C:India IND, \_C:Kenya KEN, \_C:Mexico MEX, \_C:Spain ESP, \_C:Tanzania TZA, \_C:Uganda UGA, \_C:United States USA, \_\_C:scheme:1}, } @article{kerwin_making_2021, title = {Making the grade: {The} sensitivity of education program effectiveness to input choices and outcome measures}, volume = {103}, issn = {0034-6535}, shorttitle = {Making the {Grade}}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_00911}, doi = {10.1162/rest_a_00911}, abstract = {This paper demonstrates the acute sensitivity of education program effectiveness to the choices of inputs and outcome measures, using a randomized evaluation of a mother-tongue literacy program. The program raises reading scores by 0.64 SD and writing scores by 0.45 SD. A reduced-cost version instead yields statistically insignificant reading gains and some large negative effects (−0.33 SDs) on advanced writing. We combine a conceptual model of education production with detailed classroom observations to examine the mechanisms driving the results; we show they could be driven by the program initially lowering productivity before raising it, and potentially by missing complementary inputs in the reduced-cost version.}, number = {2}, urldate = {2022-04-07}, journal = {The Review of Economics and Statistics}, author = {Kerwin, Jason T. and Thornton, Rebecca L.}, month = may, year = {2021}, note = {KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1162/rest\_a\_00911 2339240:YSZWN3WD 2405685:IJLK42YK 4656463:SK8JBZHG}, pages = {251--264}, } @article{kerwin_making_2020, title = {Making the {Grade}: {The} {Sensitivity} of {Education} {Program} {Effectiveness} to {Input} {Choices} and {Outcome} {Measures}}, issn = {0034-6535}, shorttitle = {Making the {Grade}}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_00911}, doi = {10.1162/rest_a_00911}, abstract = {This paper demonstrates the acute sensitivity of education program effectiveness to the choices of inputs and outcome measures, using a randomized evaluation of a mother-tongue literacy program. The program raises reading scores by 0.64SDs and writing scores by 0.45SDs. A reduced-cost version instead yields statistically-insignificant reading gains and some large negative effects (-0.33SDs) on advanced writing. We combine a conceptual model of education production with detailed classroom observations to examine the mechanisms driving the results; we show they could be driven by the program initially lowering productivity before raising it, and potentially by missing complementary inputs in the reduced-cost version.}, urldate = {2020-07-21}, journal = {The Review of Economics and Statistics}, author = {Kerwin, Jason T. and Thornton, Rebecca L.}, month = mar, year = {2020}, note = {Publisher: MIT Press shortDOI: 10/gg7spz KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1162/rest\_a\_00911 10/gg7spz 2339240:VK3937E2 2405685:9UT2Q56S 2405685:EXQV8YBV 2447227:VDYKWJTR}, keywords = {NULP, \_\_\_working\_potential\_duplicate}, pages = {1--45}, } @article{kerwin_making_2021, title = {Making the {Grade}: {The} {Sensitivity} of {Education} {Program} {Effectiveness} to {Input} {Choices} and {Outcome} {Measures}}, volume = {103}, issn = {0034-6535}, shorttitle = {Making the {Grade}}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_00911}, doi = {10.1162/rest_a_00911}, abstract = {This paper demonstrates the acute sensitivity of education program effectiveness to the choices of inputs and outcome measures, using a randomized evaluation of a mother-tongue literacy program. The program raises reading scores by 0.64 SD and writing scores by 0.45 SD. A reduced-cost version instead yields statistically insignificant reading gains and some large negative effects (−0.33 SDs) on advanced writing. We combine a conceptual model of education production with detailed classroom observations to examine the mechanisms driving the results; we show they could be driven by the program initially lowering productivity before raising it, and potentially by missing complementary inputs in the reduced-cost version.}, number = {2}, urldate = {2022-04-07}, journal = {The Review of Economics and Statistics}, author = {Kerwin, Jason T. and Thornton, Rebecca L.}, month = may, year = {2021}, note = {KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1162/rest\_a\_00911 2339240:YSZWN3WD 2405685:IJLK42YK 4656463:SK8JBZHG}, pages = {251--264}, } @article{kerwin_making_2021, title = {Making the {Grade}: {The} {Sensitivity} of {Education} {Program} {Effectiveness} to {Input} {Choices} and {Outcome} {Measures}}, volume = {103}, issn = {0034-6535}, shorttitle = {Making the {Grade}}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_00911}, doi = {10.1162/rest_a_00911}, abstract = {This paper demonstrates the acute sensitivity of education program effectiveness to the choices of inputs and outcome measures, using a randomized evaluation of a mother-tongue literacy program. The program raises reading scores by 0.64 SD and writing scores by 0.45 SD. A reduced-cost version instead yields statistically insignificant reading gains and some large negative effects (−0.33 SDs) on advanced writing. We combine a conceptual model of education production with detailed classroom observations to examine the mechanisms driving the results; we show they could be driven by the program initially lowering productivity before raising it, and potentially by missing complementary inputs in the reduced-cost version.}, number = {2}, urldate = {2022-04-07}, journal = {The Review of Economics and Statistics}, author = {Kerwin, Jason T. and Thornton, Rebecca L.}, month = may, year = {2021}, note = {KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 10.1162/rest\_a\_00911 2339240:YSZWN3WD 2405685:IJLK42YK 4656463:SK8JBZHG}, pages = {251--264}, }