PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Andersen, Simon Calmar
AU  - Hvidman, Ulrik
TI  - Implementing Home-Based Educational Interventions at Scale
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.0920-11173R2
DP  - 2024 Jun 07
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 0920-11173R2
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2024/06/04/jhr.0920-11173R2.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2024/06/04/jhr.0920-11173R2.full
AB  - Although many educational programs have demonstrated the potential to increase student learning, few examples of successful scaling exist. We study the scalability of a home-based reading program that has shown promising results in an experiment within a local government. Using a nationwide experiment among the full population of 2nd-grade children in Danish public schools (n=51,312), we find that the intervention is less effective at large scale. We provide evidence on potential explanations for the lack of scalability, which suggests that low levels of take-up among both schools and parents were the most important barriers to successful scaling.