Information about Children's Academic Performance and Parental Educational Investments

Last registered on December 12, 2024
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Information about Children's Academic Performance and Parental Educational Investments
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0014945
Initial registration date
December 10, 2024

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
December 12, 2024, 12:02 PM EST

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
Derek Rury
Affiliation
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Ariel Kalil
PI Affiliation
University of Chicago
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Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2024-12-09
End date
2024-12-20
Keywords
Behavior
Additional Keywords
Parental investment, human capital, information
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Prior work
This trial does not extend or rely on any prior RCTs.
Abstract
We plan to administer a survey experiment to extract parents' preference for grades and results from standardized tests when making investments. We plan to randomize participants on prolific to several scenarios where we can control the information they see. We will vary the grades and test results from students, as well as their gender. We will also parents explicitly about their views on grades and exams and whether they make investments depending on whether ability or skill are complements or substitutes.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Kalil, Ariel and Derek Rury. 2024. "Information about Children's Academic Performance and Parental Educational Investments." AEA RCT Registry. December 12. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.14945-1.0
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Participants will be randomly presented with information via grades and standardized test scores and then make both monetary and time investment advice decisions for a parent they might know. We will also ask parents their explicit views about grades and standardized test results and whether they view ability and skill to be complements or substitutes in their investment decisions.
Intervention (Hidden)
Intervention Start Date
2024-12-09
Intervention End Date
2024-12-20

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
1) Parental preferences for grades and standardized test results
Primary Outcomes (explanation)
We do not know whether parental investment decisions (e.g. tutoring, helping with homework, disciplinary actions) are made via the information they received about their child's skill via grades or standardized exam scores. This study will help us understand how they make those decisions.

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
See pre-analysis plan
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Participants will be randomly presented with information via grades and standardized test scores and then make both monetary and time investment advice decisions for a parent they might know. We will also ask parents their explicit views about grades and standardized test results and whether they view ability and skill to be complements or substitutes in their investment decisions.

Parents will see a randomly selected six scenarios out of 25 possible scenarios for both male and female students and then for monetary and time investments.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
We will randomize which scenarios parents see via the qualtrics survey software.
Randomization Unit
Participant
Was the treatment clustered?
No

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
N/A
Sample size: planned number of observations
2,000 participants
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
N/A
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Grades vs exams
IRB Approval Date
2024-11-25
IRB Approval Number
IRB24-1771
Analysis Plan

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

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Reports, Papers & Other Materials

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