This school-randomized trial (N = 100 schools, 2246 students) in Cote d'Ivoire tested the impact of SMS/audio message interventions (two messages/week for one year) on parent and teacher engagement, child learning, and child labor. While the parents-only treatment showed non-significant but typical effect sizes on learning and marginally significant increases in child labor, other treatments showed no impact. Subgroup analyses revealed improved learning for below-median baseline learners in the parents-only arm and negative impacts on girls' learning in the teachers-only arm.
Publisher
npj Science of Learning
Published On
Sep 13, 2023
Authors
Sharon Wolf, Guilherme Lichand
Tags
SMS intervention
parent engagement
teacher engagement
child learning
child labor
Cote d'Ivoire
randomized trial
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