Arbeitspapier

(How) Do Non-Cognitive Skills Programs Improve Adolescent School Achievement? Experimental Evidence

Non-cognitive skills programs may be an important policy option to improve the academic outcomes of adolescents. In this paper, we evaluate experimentally the EPIS program, which is based on bi-weekly individual or small-group non-cognitive mediation short meetings with low-performing students. Our RCT estimates, covering nearly 3,000 7th and 8th-grade students across over 50 schools and a period of two years, indicate that the program increases the probability of progression by 11% to 22%. The effects are stronger amongst older students, girls, and in language subjects (compared to maths).

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 10950

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Education and Research Institutions: General
Education and Inequality
Labor Economics Policies
Thema
student achievement
non-cognitive skills
RCT
gender

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Martins, Pedro S.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2017

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Martins, Pedro S.
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2017

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