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Testing the impact of an education after-school support program on adolescents’ literacy and numeracy achievement in urban Kenya

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  • Abuya, Benta A.
  • Muhia, Nelson
  • Kiroro, Francis
  • Karisa, Amani

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The goal of the study was to establish the impact of the Advancing Learning Outcomes and Transformational Change (A LOT) Change intervention on literacy and numeracy performance among adolescent girls and boys in the Urban Informal settlements of Kenya. Data were collected from the ALOT Change III study, both at baseline and endline, with follow-up and in the new cohorts.

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  • Abuya, Benta A. & Muhia, Nelson & Kiroro, Francis & Karisa, Amani, 2025. "Testing the impact of an education after-school support program on adolescents’ literacy and numeracy achievement in urban Kenya," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:injoed:v:119:y:2025:i:c:s0738059325002202
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2025.103422
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