Does Parental Involvement Improve Student Learning? The Role of Monitoring

Last registered on May 18, 2023

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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title

Does Parental Involvement Improve Student Learning? The Role of Asymmetric Information

RCT ID

AEARCTR-0010818

Initial registration date

January 22, 2023

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

January 23, 2023, 7:33 AM EST

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

Last updated

May 18, 2023, 9:19 AM EDT

Last updated is the most recent time when changes to the trial's registration were published.

Locations

Country

Benin

Region

Primary Investigator

Name

Mahounan Patrice Yedomiffi

Affiliation

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status

On going

Start date

2022-11-22

End date

2023-07-31

Keywords

Education

Additional Keywords

Parental involvement, Information

JEL code(s)

Parental involvement, Information, field experiment, Benin

Secondary IDs

Prior work

This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.

Abstract

The proposed randomized controlled trial investigates the effects of a comprehensive information intervention on parents’ beliefs, parental involvement, and their child’s test scores. The information provided includes parents’ role in their child's education, the date of upcoming tests, their children’s English and math test scores, and recommendations. Parents were also given the opportunity to reach out to us with any questions or concerns they had.

External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation

Yedomiffi , Mahounan Patrice. 2023. "Does Parental Involvement Improve Student Learning? The Role of Asymmetric Information." AEA RCT Registry. May 18. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.10818-1.2

Sponsors & Partners

Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)

Intervention Start Date

2023-01-11

Intervention End Date

2023-05-27

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)

Students' test scores

Primary Outcomes (explanation)

We will look at students' quiz and exam scores in math and English. We will also look at the effect on the four other subjects that are part of the student curriculum.
We will look at the result for the whole group and we will also look at heterogeneity by parental literacy as well as students' gender.

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)

Parental involvement, Parents' aspiration

Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Parental involvement will be measured through several outcomes such as the number of times parents talk to their child about school, the number of times parents asked about students' tests scores, the number of times parents asked about upcoming exams/quizzes, the number of times parents asked students to review their lessons, the number of times parents visited the school.
We will look at the result for the whole group and we will also look at heterogeneity by parental literacy as well as students' gender.

Experimental Design

We randomly selected 20 secondary schools in the Atlantique region in Benin. In each school, we randomly selected 5 eighth grade classes in case the school had more than 5 classes. We then invited the parents of all the students in those classes. Baseline data were collected on all the parents who showed up and agreed to participate. Within each class, we divide parents into literate and illiterate. Then, within each class-parental literacy group, we assign half of the parents who accepted to participate into treatment and the other half to control.

Experimental Design Details

Randomization Method

Randomization was done in the office using STATA

Randomization Unit

Randomization was done at the parent level within each class.

Was the treatment clustered?

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters

20 schools are parts of this study.

Sample size: planned number of observations

2265 students

Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms

In each school, we have both treatment and control.

Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)

Accounting for our experimental design, the minimum detectable effect is 0.14 Standard Deviation for student test scores.

Supporting Documents and Materials

IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Office for the Protection of Research Subjects

IRB Approval Date

2022-09-14

IRB Approval Number

23204

Analysis Plan

Post-Trial

Post Trial Information

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?

Data Collection Complete

Data Publication

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Program Files

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