| Field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Field Trial Status | Before on_going | After completed |
| Field Last Published | Before October 25, 2017 09:36 PM | After April 16, 2020 02:17 PM |
| Field Study Withdrawn | Before | After No |
| Field Intervention Completion Date | Before | After June 16, 2017 |
| Field Data Collection Complete | Before | After Yes |
| Field Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization) | Before | After We did not use clusters, we randomized at the individual level. |
| Field Was attrition correlated with treatment status? | Before | After No |
| Field Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations | Before | After 741 students |
| Field Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms | Before | After One treatment arm with half in control and half in treatment |
| Field Is there a restricted access data set available on request? | Before | After Yes |
| Field Restricted Data Contact | Before | After Deidentified data set is expected to be available for public use by December 31, 2020 |
| Field Program Files | Before | After No |
| Field Data Collection Completion Date | Before | After June 05, 2017 |
| Field Is data available for public use? | Before | After No |
| Field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Field Paper Abstract | Before | After We implemented a field experiment called Show Up to Grow Up designed to increase attendance and diminish chronic absences at subsidized preschool programs in Chicago. We sent personalized text messages to parents targeting malleable factors that potentially drive absences from preschool. Using administrative records from preschools, we find that the intervention increased attended days by 2.5 (0.15 standard deviations) and decreased chronic absenteeism by 9.3 percentage points (20%) over an 18-week period. Our results suggest that the treatment impact is stronger among those in the bottom quantiles of the attendance distribution. Survey data collected at baseline suggest that our intervention made the importance of preschool more salient to parents who initially reported lower expectations for attendance and weaker beliefs about the importance of attendance to their children’s development. Preschool centers may save resources by implementing low-cost light-touch interventions to meet attendance requirements. |
| Field Paper URL | Before | After https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S074959781830640X |