Teacher’s aides are used worldwide, in various school systems, although, there is no strong evidence of their impact on student outcomes. We use a randomized trial to challenge this state of evidence. We randomly allocate 105 schools to two types of treatment – aides with or without a...

This study investigates whether successful inclusion of students with special education needs (SEN) in regular classrooms can be achieved by increasing the educational support available. We exploit two randomized controlled trials that added teacher’s aides to grade 6 classrooms combined with...