Teacher effort in private schools

Last registered on March 13, 2020
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Pre-Trial

Trial Information

General Information

Title
Teacher effort in private schools
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0005544
Initial registration date
March 09, 2020

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
March 11, 2020, 5:44 PM EDT

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

Last updated
March 13, 2020, 7:54 AM EDT

Last updated is the most recent time when changes to the trial's registration were published.

Locations

Country
Kenya
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Alex Eble
Affiliation
Teachers College, Columbia University
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2019-04-29
End date
2019-10-24
Keywords
Education, Firms & Productivity
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
Secondary IDs
Abstract
This study evaluates different methods to motivate K-8 teachers in Kenya and how this maps onto student outcomes. [The full abstract will be made public when the working paper is posted online.]
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Eble, Alex. 2020. "Teacher effort in private schools." AEA RCT Registry. March 13. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.5544-1.1
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
Intervention Start Date
2019-04-29
Intervention End Date
2019-08-02

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Teacher lesson completion
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
There were three intervention arms and one control arm in the study. Randomization occurred at the academy level, with equal allocation of the 281 academies in the study to each of the four arms. The study took place over two terms of one academic year.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Stratified randomization done with random number generator by computer.
Randomization Unit
Academy (school)
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
281 academies (schools).
Sample size: planned number of observations
Roughly 250,000 daily lesson completion records (comprising roughly 2.7 million lessons).
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
64,600 daily lesson completion records in the control; 64,200 daily lesson completion records in treatment 1; 61,200 daily lesson completion records in treatment 2; 62,800 daily lesson completion records in treatment 3
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
Teachers College, Columbia University IRB
IRB Approval Date
2019-12-27
IRB Approval Number
Protocol number 20-137
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Post-Trial

Post Trial Information

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
Yes
Intervention Completion Date
August 02, 2019, 12:00 +00:00
Data Collection Complete
Yes
Data Collection Completion Date
October 24, 2019, 12:00 +00:00
Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization)
Was attrition correlated with treatment status?
Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations
Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

Program Files
Reports, Papers & Other Materials

Relevant Paper(s)

Reports & Other Materials