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Borkum, Evan; He, Fang; Linden, Leigh L. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2012
We conduct a randomized evaluation of a school library program on children's language skills. We find that the program had little impact on students' scores on a language test administered 16 months after implementation. The estimates are sufficiently precise to rule out effects larger than 0.13 and 0.11 standard deviations based on the 95 and 90…
Descriptors: Intervals, Language Tests, Attendance, School Libraries
He, Fang – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation evaluates programs seeking to address educational access and quality in developing countries. Chapter 1 examines the impact of two school feeding programs on enrollment in Sri Lanka. Chapter 2 assesses the relative productivity of several modes of implementing an Indian English education curriculum in India. Finally, chapter 3…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, School Libraries, Foreign Countries, Language Skills