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Improving Learning Outcomes: Textbooks and Expert Teachers

Africa Program for Education Impact Evaluation. Improving Learning Outcomes: Textbooks and Expert Teachers. Impact Evaluation Team Albert (Chuku) Duprigny Reginald King John Swaray Sahr Gbamanja Eunice Dapaah David Evans Keiko Inoue. AFRICA IMPACT EVALUATION INITIATIVE, AFTRL.

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Improving Learning Outcomes: Textbooks and Expert Teachers

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  1. Africa Program for Education Impact Evaluation Improving Learning Outcomes: Textbooks and Expert Teachers Impact Evaluation Team Albert (Chuku) Duprigny Reginald King John Swaray Sahr Gbamanja Eunice Dapaah David Evans Keiko Inoue AFRICA IMPACT EVALUATION INITIATIVE, AFTRL

  2. Questions • Does the provision of textbooks and textbook capacitation improve learning outcomes at the primary level? • Does the provision of VCDs of expert teachers improve learning outcomes and teacher quality? • What is the combined effect?

  3. Indicators OUTPUTS • Improved student-textbook ratio • Access to textbook capacitation program • Access to the supplementary teaching materials (VCD+TV+solar power) OUTCOMES • Improved teacher test scores • Improved student achievement test scores • Simple literacy and numeracy tests • NPSE (national test in class six) • Improved student attendance

  4. Evaluation Design Random experimental design Randomly select 5 out of 19 councils, within which 30 schools are randomly selected.

  5. Sample • Minimum Effect size: 0.20 (assumed) • Power: 80%; Level of significance: 0.05 • Students per school (grades 4-6): 150 • No of schools: 30 each treatment, 30 control

  6. Data

  7. Staffing Plan GOVERNMENT • Teacher training, monitoring, planning, textbook procurement and distribution, statistics, decentralization, local councils UNIVERSITIES • Education researchers and graduate students from Univ of SL and Njala Univ DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS • Plan SL, Concern, DfID, ADB, UNICEF, UIS, World Bank

  8. Timeline: 3-year program Year 1 (2007-08 school year) • August: Local council consultation and randomization • September: Teacher textbook capacitation intervention to grades 4, 5, 6 • September: Textbook intervention to grades 4, 5, 6 • April: Expert teacher VCD intervention to grades 4, 5, 6 • May: NPSE • June: Student literacy & numeracy test; teacher competency test Twice per term: drop-in attendance checks

  9. Timeline: 3-year program Year 2 (2008-2009 school year) • September: Check input retention • September: Textbook distribution to grades 1, 2, 3 (control group) – pending budget availability • May: NPSE (5th graders from year 1) • June: Student literacy & numeracy test; teacher competency test (grades 4, 5, 6) Twice per term: drop-in attendance checks

  10. Timeline: 3-year program Year 3 (2009-2010 school year) • September: Check input retention • May: NPSE (4th graders from year 1) • June: Student literacy & numeracy test; teacher competency test (grades 4, 5, 6) Twice per term: drop-in attendance checks

  11. Budget Items Program design • Textbook IE • Teacher textbook capacitation IE • Literacy and numeracy test design • Teacher-version of NPSE • Questionnaire design Data collection/entry • Attendance checks • Travel (vehicles) • Test & questionnaire administration • Data input Data analysis • Consultants/students

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