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Question 1

Proportion of 5th grade students that could not read 2nd grade text in RURAL INDIA and KENYA?

Answer 1

50%.

Question 2

Textbook provision on SIERRA LEONE:

Answer 2

Volatility of flow of school inputs affects administrator behaviour.
Treated schools received textbooks from govt.
No impact of the program on test scores.
In many treatment schools, student access to textbooks didn’t increase.
Majority of textbooks were stored, not distributed.
Maybe because of uncertainty over when the next govt input would arrive (?).

Question 3

Teacher performance pay on student learning outcomes in INDIA:

Answer 3

Teacher bonus payments in incentive schools tied to av. improvement in test scores.
These incentives were effective in improving language and maths test scores.
Improved learning was caused by improved teacher effort conditional on being present in school.
Teacher performance pay more cost effective in improving test scores that money unconditionally spent on additional school inputs.