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Increasing learning at scale in Ghana

VoxDevTalk

Published 01.05.24

How can we find education programmes that effectively improve learning at scale?

Read "Experimental Evidence on Four Policies to Increase Learning at Scale" by Annie Duflo, Jessica Kiessel and Adrienne M Lucas here.

How can we take what we learn in educational RCTs and apply it at scale to many schools, often in different contexts? In this episode of VoxDevTalks, Adrienne Lucas talks to Tim Phillips about partnering with the Ghanaian government to simultaneously test four methods of increasing achievement. She discusses which methods successfully improved learning in Ghana, the difference between small-and large-scale trials, and the challenge of implementing policies results without perfect compliance or daily monitoring.