My Student's Team 2016-2018

Last registered on May 25, 2018
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
My Student's Team 2016-2018
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0003018
Initial registration date
May 25, 2018

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
May 25, 2018, 11:28 AM EDT

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
Todd Rogers
Affiliation
Harvard Kennedy School
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status
In development
Start date
2016-09-01
End date
2018-08-31
Keywords
Education
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Abstract
My Student’s Team is a randomized control trial, implemented with over 3,000 student participants in five charter schools and four public school districts during the 2016-17 and 2017-18 school years, which aims to evaluate the effect of engaging students’ social support networks on student success. In the study, students’ parents name an adult “supporter” whom they permit to receive school-related information about their children. Participants are randomly assigned to either a treatment or control group. Supporters of students in the treatment group receive personalized and actionable communications, such as class schedules, progress reports, attendance updates, notifications of upcoming tests, and tips on how to support the student’s education via mail and/or text. The primary outcomes of interest are attendance and GPA. For the most detailed and up-to-date analysis plan, please visit: https://osf.io/62cyb/.
External Link(s)
Most detailed and up-to-date analysis plan

Registration Citation

Citation
Rogers, Todd. 2018. "My Student's Team 2016-2018." AEA RCT Registry. May 25. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.3018-1.0
Former Citation
Rogers, Todd. 2018. "My Student's Team 2016-2018." AEA RCT Registry. May 25. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/3018/history/30031
Sponsors & Partners
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2017-01-01
Intervention End Date
2018-07-31

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Attendance, GPA
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
Parents name one or two other adult “supporters” who may receive school-related information about their student. Parents also provide contact information for the named supporter(s)—a combination of mailing address, email address, and/or phone number. Prior to randomization, students are clustered by supporter and household. Each student/supporter-level cluster is then randomly assigned to one of two conditions:
1. Control: The named supporter(s) receives no communication from the school/research team via mail, email, and/or text message.
2. Treatment: The named supporter(s) receives regular communication from the school/research team via mail, email, and/or text message.
See https://osf.io/62cyb/ for details.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
By computer
Randomization Unit
Each cluster consists of students from the same household and/or students who share the same supporter.
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
2,216 groups of students from the same household and/or who share the same supporter.
Sample size: planned number of observations
3,100 students
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
1,108 clusters treatment, 1,108 clusters control
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Harvard IRB
IRB Approval Date
2016-07-28
IRB Approval Number
IRB16-1077
IRB Name
Harvard IRB
IRB Approval Date
2015-07-20
IRB Approval Number
IRB15-2559
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

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