Increasing Attendance in a Large Urban School District

Last registered on July 13, 2014
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Increasing Attendance in a Large Urban School District
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0000439
Initial registration date
July 13, 2014

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
July 13, 2014, 4:39 PM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Locations

Country
United States of America
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Todd Rogers
Affiliation
Harvard Kennedy School
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Avi Feller
PI Affiliation
Harvard
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Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2014-03-01
End date
2014-07-04
Keywords
Education
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Abstract
We are examining a psychological intervention to increase attendance.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Feller, Avi and Todd Rogers. 2014. "Increasing Attendance in a Large Urban School District." AEA RCT Registry. July 13. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.439-1.0
Former Citation
Feller, Avi and Todd Rogers. 2014. "Increasing Attendance in a Large Urban School District." AEA RCT Registry. July 13. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/439/history/2124
Sponsors & Partners
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
A mailing conveying relative attendance information
Intervention Start Date
2014-03-01
Intervention End Date
2014-05-09

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Attendance, performance.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Three conditions, student-family randomly assigned in even proportion to each condition. Stratified by grade, school, and when possible, extent of pre-intervention absence.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done by computer
Randomization Unit
Student-family
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
no clusters
Sample size: planned number of observations
3,000 students-families
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
~1000
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Harvard IRB
IRB Approval Date
2014-01-02
IRB Approval Number
IRB13-2911
Analysis Plan

Post-Trial

Post Trial Information

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

Program Files
Reports, Papers & Other Materials

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