Considering Construct Validity: Seemingly Minor Design Changes Within the “Same” Project in Uganda Make it Either the Best or Worst of all Global Literacy Interventions
A paper presented by Rebecca Thornton in the opening panel of the
Information Provision Can Improve Learning Outcomes - When It Strengthens Accountability
When Pratham used simple “report cards” to provide information about learning outcomes to villages in India, the intervention largely failed. There was no improvement in attendance of children or teachers, no improvement in learning outcomes; and parents, teachers, and village education committees did not become more engaged with the schools (Banerjee et al., 2010).