@misc{kerwin_making_2020, title = {Making the {Grade}: {The} {Sensitivity} of {Education} {Program} {Effectiveness} to {Input} {Choices} and {Outcome} {Measures}}, shorttitle = {Making the {Grade}}, url = {https://jasonkerwin.com/nonparibus/2020/03/31/making-grade-sensitivity-education-program-effectiveness-input-choices-outcome-measures/}, language = {en-US}, urldate = {2020-07-21}, journal = {Jason Kerwin}, author = {Kerwin, Jason and Thornton, Rebecca}, month = mar, year = {2020}, note = {Library Catalog: jasonkerwin.com Section: Uncategorized KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:KZR3PLWL 2447227:9NJPZT93}, keywords = {C:Uganda, NULP, \_\_\_working\_potential\_duplicate}, } @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}, } @techreport{buhl-wiggers_impact_2017, title = {The {Impact} of {Teacher} {Effectiveness} on {Student} {Learning} in {Africa}}, url = {https://www.riseprogramme.org/sites/www.riseprogramme.org/files/inline-files/Buhl-Wiggers%20The%20Impact%20of%20Teacher%20Effectiveness%202017-04-30.pdf}, abstract = {Teaching quality is known to be critical for students’ education and life prospects in developed countries. However, little is known about how teacher quality affects student learning in Africa. This paper presents the first estimates of teacher value-added from an African country, using data from a school-based RCT in northern Uganda. Exploiting the random assignment of students to classrooms within schools, we estimate a lower bound on teacher effects. A 1-SD increase in teacher quality leads to at least a 0.14 SD improvement in student performance on a reading test at the end of the year. Shifting teachers from the 10th to the 90th percentile of quality increases performance by 0.36 SDs –comparable to the most effective education interventions conducted in Africa. Our results also suggest that an increase in teacher quality can make other education interventions more efficient.}, institution = {Rise Programme}, author = {Buhl-Wiggers, Julie and Kerwin, Jason and Smith, Jeffrey and Thornton, Rebecca}, month = apr, year = {2017}, note = {KerkoCite.ItemAlsoKnownAs: 2405685:AEMAW5PW 2405685:LSQR8MAH 2447227:8W4XYI4G}, keywords = {C:Uganda, NULP}, }