We evaluate a program that aims to improve children's reading skills by providing classes with age-appropriate reading … a reading assessment, causing students' scores to improve by 0.13 standard deviations immediately after the program. The … ; reading ; development …

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 …, probably due to a reduced emphasis on reading after the program. We find that the program also encourages students to read more …

We evaluate a program that aims to improve children's reading skills by providing classes with age-appropriate reading … a reading assessment, causing students' scores to improve by 0.13 standard deviations immediately after the program. The …