students' scores on a language skills test administered after 16 months. The estimates are sufficiently precise to rule out …

discontinuity design. Ten years later, primary school-age children in villages selected for the program attend school more often and … children exposed earlier in the program. Secondary-school-age youths and young adults (those old enough to have finished …

by 0.29 standard deviations. Students in treatment schools progress further through the grades, compared to students in … non-selected schools. These upgraded schools are effective at getting children into school, getting children to start … school on time, and keeping children in school longer. Overall, we find that the schools sustain the large impacts observed …

enrollment of all children between the ages of 5 and 12 by 20 percentage points and increased their test scores by 0.45 standard … deviations. The change in test scores for those children caused to attend school by the program is 2.2 standard deviations. We …