Early Grade Reading Promotion for Indigenous Communities

Last registered on April 16, 2014

Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Early Grade Reading Promotion for Indigenous Communities
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0000301
First published
April 16, 2014, 4:19 PM EDT

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

Locations

Primary Investigator

Affiliation
Innovations for Poverty Action

Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Affiliation
GRADE
PI Affiliation
Mathematica Policy Research

Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2013-04-01
End date
2017-09-01
Secondary IDs
Abstract
Indigenous children often have low literacy levels and limited understanding of the language of school instruction upon school entry. This study uses a three-arm randomized field trial to test two versions of a three-year intervention implemented by an NGO, Save the Children, aimed at developing specific literacy and pre-literacy skills and promoting a culture of reading in the home and community for indigenous populations. The intervention is known as Leer Juntos, Aprender Juntos (Read Together, Learn Together) and is based on Literacy Boost, previously developed by Save the Children and implemented in other countries.

The basic intervention is an in-school intervention, focusing on teacher training and coaching.

The enhanced intervention also includes a community action component, which uses community volunteers to help organize reading camps, reading buddy programs, and the creation of mother-tongue reading materials to populate mobile libraries.

The third treatment arm is the traditional approach to teacher training and community involvement and is operated by the local ministry of education.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Campuzano, Larissa, Steven Glazerman and Miguel Jaramillo. 2014. "Early Grade Reading Promotion for Indigenous Communities." AEA RCT Registry. April 16. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.301-1.0
Former Citation
Campuzano, Larissa, Steven Glazerman and Miguel Jaramillo. 2014. "Early Grade Reading Promotion for Indigenous Communities." AEA RCT Registry. April 16. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/301/history/1525
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2013-04-01
Intervention End Date
2015-11-20

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Main outcome: Reading skills measured by EGRA (Early Grade Reading Assessment), measured 3 years after random assignment

Secondary outcome: Culture of reading as demonstrated by availability and use of print materials in the home and school, measured two years after random assignment
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
The study is a randomized field trial, with three treatment arms: Leer Juntos (teacher training only); Leer Juntos (teacher training with community action); Ministry teacher training (no NGO intervention)
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Stratified randomization completed by the research team in Washington.
Randomization Unit
Schools randomized
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
300 schools
Sample size: planned number of observations
Approximately 4,000 students/households
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
Approximately 100/100/100
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
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Post-Trial

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

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