Beyond the Basics: Improving Post-Primary Content Delivery through Classroom Technology. NBER Working Paper No. 25704

Using an RCT in middle schools in Pakistan, we test the effect of a government-implemented in-class technology and brief teacher training intervention on student achievement in grade level mathematics and science. After only 4 months of exposure, student achievement increased by 0.2-0.3 standard dev...

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Published inNational Bureau of Economic Research
Main Authors Beg, Sabrin A, Lucas, Adrienne M, Halim, Waqas, Saif, Umar
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published National Bureau of Economic Research 01.03.2019
Subjects
Cost Effectiveness
Educational Technology
Foreign Countries
High Stakes Tests
Mathematics Achievement
Mathematics Tests
Middle School Students
Outcomes of Education
Science Achievement
Science Tests
Standardized Tests
Pakistan
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Summary:Using an RCT in middle schools in Pakistan, we test the effect of a government-implemented in-class technology and brief teacher training intervention on student achievement in grade level mathematics and science. After only 4 months of exposure, student achievement increased by 0.2-0.3 standard deviations on math and science tests, 52 to 120 percent more than the control group, and students were more likely to pass the provincially standardized high stakes exams. Increased efforts by both students and teachers indicate a complementarity between technology and other inputs in education production. At a scale of 100 schools, this program is extremely cost-effective.
DOI:10.3386/w25704