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The Impact of Sustained Cognitive Effort on Student Performance in India

Christina Brown
Supreet Kaur
Geeta Kingdon
Heather Schofield
Researchers evaluated the impact of practicing sustained cognitive activity on cognitive endurance and school performance in Lucknow, India. Students that spent additional time engaging in sustained cognitive effort received higher grades in all of their classes, improved their performance on tests...
University students from around the world working together

Interaction, Stereotypes and Performance: Evidence from South Africa

Justine Burns
Lucia Corno
Eliana La Ferrara
Researchers studied the effects of a university policy in South Africa to promote racial integration, by randomly allocating incoming students to roommates of a different race. The policy reduced negative racial stereotypes among white students, improved attitudes and behaviors towards members of...
Modern classroom with engineering students.

Biased Beliefs and the Dynamic Role of Information in College Choice in Chile

Claudia Allende
Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation in Chile to study the impact of altering high school students’ beliefs about the returns of college degrees on their decisions to invest in college preparation and which program they choose.
Children students in medical masks leave the schoo

The Impact of Virtual Summer Instruction on Student Learning Loss during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States

Sean Corcoran
Chloe Gibbs
Sarah Kroeger
James Sullivan
COVID-19 school closures have led to widespread student learning loss in the United States. Researchers are evaluating the impact of individualized, virtual summer instruction on redressing these losses. This project is ongoing. Results forthcoming.
Students working at a Mindspark center in Delhi.

Disrupting Education? Evidence on Technology-Aided Instruction in India

Alejandro Ganimian
Karthik Muralidharan
Abhijeet Singh
Researchers evaluated a computer-based adaptive learning platform (Mindspark) for secondary school students in urban India to measure the impact of customized learning technology on student test scores. The program increased test scores across all groups of students and was cost-effective compared...
Students in class

The Impact of a Public Sector Management Program on Student Learning Outcomes in India

Karthik Muralidharan
Abhijeet Singh
In India, researchers evaluated the impact of a public sector management program involving comprehensive assessments of schools, detailed school ratings, and customized school improvement plans, on school functioning and student learning. Researchers found that the MPSQA program was successful in...
Students in a school in India

The Impact of Targeted Teaching on Secondary School Learning Outcomes in India

Sabrin Beg
Anne Fitzpatrick
Jason Kerwin
Adrienne Lucas
Khandker Wahedur Rahman
Researchers evaluated a secondary school readiness program, Utkarsh, that provided targeted instruction to students in Odisha, India.
female student in class holding a book

The Role of Students' Mindset in Improving Educational Outcomes in France

Yann Algan
Adrien Bouguen
Axelle Charpentier
Coralie Chevallier
Elise Huillery
Psychosocial skills, such as motivation, perseverance and self-discipline, are increasingly considered to be at least as important as cognitive skills for educational attainment and labor market outcomes. Researchers evaluated the impact of a series of class discussions in middle school that...