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Title: Teacher Flexibility and School Productivity: Remedial Secondary Education in India

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2023

Abstract: Public education in developing countries is often deficient, leading to increasing learning deficits as students age. A trade-off exists between ensuring uniformly high standards and introducing reforms that allow teachers flexibility. Through a 300 school RCT in Odisha, India, we compare the effects on Class 9 students of T1) rigidly defined remedial lessons that take time away from the curriculum, T2) teacher determined remedial lessons, or T3) control. Both interventions increased students test scores 0.11SD, about 60 percent of a year of learning, with gains throughout the learning distribution. The quality of implementation was high in both arms. Few teachers took advantage of the flexibility offered and defaulted into the regimented version.

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Authors: Beg, Sabrin; Fitzpatrick, Anne; Kerwin, Jason; Lucas, Adrienne M; Rahman, Khandker Wahedur

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