Developing reading fluency in primary school

Last registered on October 04, 2023
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Developing reading fluency in primary school
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0012233
Initial registration date
October 04, 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
October 04, 2023, 5:09 PM EDT

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

Locations

Country
Brazil
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Guilherme Hirata
Affiliation
IDados
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Matheus Gomes
PI Affiliation

Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2018-08-13
End date
2019-06-06
Keywords
Education
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
This study assesses the impact of a program aimed at developing reading fluency in Brazilian students in primary school. The program consisted of group training sessions in which an instructor used diversified reading techniques to guide students in reading books suitable for the reading level of the students. The program lasted three months, with three 30-minute sessions per week.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Gomes, Matheus and Guilherme Hirata. 2023. "Developing reading fluency in primary school." AEA RCT Registry. October 04. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.12233-1.0
Sponsors & Partners
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2018-09-17
Intervention End Date
2018-12-07

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
1) Words read per minute. 2) Percentage of misread words. 3) Prosody (dummy indicating good prosody while reading). 4) Comprehension (proportion of correct answers).
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Treatment assignment was carried out at the student level through a stratified lottery, using school, grade, and shift attended as strata. Half of the students in each cell were randomly assigned to the treatment group, and the other half to the control group. Impact estimated by comparing the treated and control students' reading proficiency after the intervention, controlling for the results measured before the intervention.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization done in office by a computer.
Randomization Unit
Individual.
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
750 students.
Sample size: planned number of observations
750 students.
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
375 treated, 375 control
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
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Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

Analysis Plan

Post-Trial

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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
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