{"id":3833,"date":"2020-03-01T15:54:38","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T20:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/?p=3833"},"modified":"2020-04-29T20:39:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T00:39:47","slug":"course-text-scaling-up-what-works-evidence-on-external-validity-in-kenyan-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/cdealumniresources\/content-type\/course-text-scaling-up-what-works-evidence-on-external-validity-in-kenyan-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Text: “Scaling Up What Works: Evidence on External Validity in Kenyan Education”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t“Scaling Up What Works: Experimental Evidence on External Validity in Kenyan Education”\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t<\/h1>\r\n

\r\n\t\tarticle by Tessa Bold, Mwangi Kimenyi, Germano Mwabu, Alice Ng’ang’a, and Justin Sandefur\r\n\t<\/h4>\r\n\tThis paper has been assigned as part of a unit on external validity for Program Evaluation, a spring CDE elective.
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Abstract:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

The recent wave of randomized trials in development economics has provoked criticisms
\r\nregarding external validity. We investigate two concerns\u2014heterogeneity across beneficiaries and
\r\nimplementers\u2014in a randomized trial of contract teachers in Kenyan schools. The intervention,
\r\npreviously shown to raise test scores in NGO-led trials in Western Kenya and parts of India, was
\r\nreplicated across all Kenyan provinces by an NGO and the government. Strong effects of short-term
\r\ncontracts produced in controlled experimental settings are lost in weak public institutions:
\r\nNGO implementation produces a positive effect on test scores across diverse contexts, while
\r\ngovernment implementation yields zero effect. The data suggests that the stark contrast in success
\r\nbetween the government and NGO arm can be traced back to implementation constraints and
\r\npolitical economy forces put in motion as the program went to scale.<\/blockquote>\r\n\t

Citation:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Bold, T., M. Kimenyi, G. Mwabu, A. Ng’ang’a and J. Sandefur (2013). “Scaling Up What Works: Experimental Evidence on External Validity in Kenyan Education<\/a>.” Center for Global Development, Working Paper No. 321.<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDownload the text\r\n\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGo to Research by Topic\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGo to the Program Evaluation page\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGo to the Research page\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView Research by Region\r\n\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tView all Research Articles\r\n\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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