Abeberese, Ama Baafra; Kumler, Todd J.; Linden, Leigh L. - In: Journal of Human Resources 49 (2014) 3
We show that a short-term (31-day) reading program, designed to provide age-appropriate reading material, to train teachers in their use, and to support teachers’ initial efforts for about a month, improves students’ reading skills by 0.13 standard deviations. The effect is still present...