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Remedial Education: Evidence from a Sequence of Experiments in Colombia

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  • Álvarez Marinelli, Horacio
  • Berlinski, Samuel
  • Busso, Matías

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This paper assesses the effectiveness of an intervention aimed at improving the reading skills of struggling third-grade students in Colombia. In a series of randomized experiments, students participated in remedial tutorials conducted during school hours in small groups. Trained teachers used structured pedagogical materials that can be easily scaled up. Informed by the outcomes of each cohort, we fine-tuned the intervention tools for each subsequent cohort. We found positive and persistent impacts on literacy scores and positive spillovers on some mathematics scores. The effectiveness of the program grew over time, likely because of higher dosage and the fine-tuning of materials.

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  • Álvarez Marinelli, Horacio & Berlinski, Samuel & Busso, Matías, 2019. "Remedial Education: Evidence from a Sequence of Experiments in Colombia," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 10034, Inter-American Development Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:idb:brikps:10034
    DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002075
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    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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