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Search our database of policy briefcases, bulletins, and evidence reviews. Briefcases summarize the results and policy recommendations from one randomized evaluation, while bulletins synthesize the broader policy lessons emerging from multiple evaluations on the same topic. Evidence reviews summarize an existing academic literature review, like a handbook chapter or white paper, for a policy audience.

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Female students wearing headscarves are seated in an English classroom at Jambiani Secondary School in Jambiani, Zanzibar, Tanzania.

Boosting Adolescent Girls' Agency Through Life Skills Training

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mars 12, 2024
A group of girls are pictured in school uniforms.

Designing and Implementing Evidence Based Life Skills Training Programmes and Girls Clubs

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mars 12, 2024
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Measurement of Holistic Skills in RCTs: Review and Guidelines

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décembre 1, 2023
J-PAL recently launched its Learning for All Initiative, which has a core focus on breadth of skills. There is much to learn about whether and how interventions can affect skills that extend beyond literacy and numeracy, including cognitive skills, social skills, emotional skills, creative skills...
A group of young friends talk to each other

Cultiver Les Compétences De Citoyenneté Chez Les Jeunes

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septembre 28, 2023
A civic education programme implemented through student-centred teaching methods cultivated students’ sense of altruism and tolerance towards others. The intervention also improved students’ academic achievement and school behaviour.
A student sits at their desk applying hand sanitizer and wearing a face mask.

Ideas to improve educational outcomes during and after the Covid-19 outbreak

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septembre 8, 2022
At the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, an unprecedented 1.6 billion children and youth were out of school. In many contexts, children and youth from disadvantaged backgrounds are at risk of being left further behind as schools reopen around the world. This evidence wrap-up shares ideas for...
A man tutors two young students

Le potentiel transformateur du tutorat pour améliorer les résultats scolaires des élèves : Enseignements tirés d’évaluations randomisées

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septembre 16, 2020
Au niveau européen, les élèves accumulent un retard de plus en plus préoccupant, notamment en ce qui concerne les compétences mathématiques et de compréhension écrite. Le tutorat émerge alors comme une solution prometteuse pour aider les élèves à combler leurs lacunes.
Sule Alan talks to children in a classroom in Turkey.

Understanding Each Other: Improving Inter-Ethnic Cohesion in Schools in Turkey

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août 4, 2020
  • Sule Alan
  • Ceren Baysan
  • Mert Gumren
  • Elif Kubilay
An interactive classroom program encouraging students to consider one another’s perspectives in Turkey lowered peer violence, improved relationships between refugee and Turkish students, and increased prosocial behaviors like trust, cooperation, and altruism.
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Un écart à combler: réaligner les aspirations des élèves issus de l’immigration sur leur niveau d’aptitude

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novembre 27, 2018
En Italie, proposer des cours de soutien scolaire et une aide à l’orientation professionnelle aux bons élèves issus de l’immigration a permis de combler l’écart de résultats scolaires entre les garçons immigrés et ceux nés dans le pays.
parents attending school information meetings. Photo: Aude Guerrucci | J-PAL

Envisager toutes les options: une stratégie peu coûteuse pour lutter contre le décrochage scolaire

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novembre 19, 2018
En France, des réunions organisées par les principaux des collèges pour conseiller les parents sur les choix d’orientation qui s’offrent à leurs enfants ont permis de réduire le nombre de redoublements et de faire reculer le décrochage scolaire au lycée chez les élèves les plus faibles.