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Remedial Education: Evidence from a Sequence of Experiments in Colombia

Horacio Alvarez Marinelli, Samuel Berlinski and Matias Busso
Published online before print October 13, 2021, 0320-10801R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0320-10801R2
Horacio Alvarez Marinelli
*Horacio Alvarez Marinelli is a Senior Economist at the Education Division of the Inter-American Development Bank.
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Samuel Berlinski
*Samuel Berlinski is Principal Economist at the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank.
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Matias Busso
*Matias Busso is a Principal Economist at the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank.
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Abstract

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 instructors 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.

JEL classifications:
  • C93
  • I21
  • J24
  • O15
Keywords:
  • Remedial education
  • Literacy
  • Colombia
  • Sequential experimentation

This open access article is distributed under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) and is freely available online at: http://jhr.uwpress.org

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Remedial Education: Evidence from a Sequence of Experiments in Colombia
Horacio Alvarez Marinelli, Samuel Berlinski, Matias Busso
Journal of Human Resources Oct 2021, 0320-10801R2; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.0320-10801R2
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