Table 7.

The 10 Least Effective Interventions to Improve Learning for Girls

Program descriptionCountryRegionEvaluation designLevel of schoolOutcomeEffect size (SD)
1Computer-assisted learning in school (Linden 2008)IndiaSARCTPrimaryMath and English‒0.613
2School management (Glewwe and Maïga 2011)MadagascarSSARCTPrimaryTest score (district-level intervention)‒0.403
3New curriculum + OLPC (Berlinski and Busso 2017)Costa RicaLACRCTSecondaryMath-geometry‒0.378
New curriculum + computer lab (Berlinski and Busso 2017)Math-geometry‒0.216
New curriculum (Berlinski and Busso 2017)Math-geometry‒0.142
New curriculum + white board (Berlinski and Busso 2017)Math-geometry‒0.136
4Teacher training (Yoshikawa et al. 2015)ChileLACRCTPre-schoolVocabulary‒0.305
5One laptop per Child (Sharma 2014)NepalSADIDPrimaryEnglish‒0.244
6Mobile school librarian (Borkum, He, and Linden 2012)IndiaSARCTPrimaryLanguage‒0.232
7Preschool voucher (Wong et al. 2013)ChinaEAPRCTPre-schoolTest score – school readiness‒0.223
8School report card (Aturupane et al. 2014)Sri LankaSADIDSecondaryScience 8th grade‒0.221
Math 8th grade‒0.215
9Attendance reward (Visaria et al. 2016)IndiaSARCTPrimaryTest score‒0.207
10Teacher training (Özler et al. 2016)MalawiSSARCTPrimaryEarly Grade Math, 36-month follow-up‒0.124
Program descriptionCountryRegionEvaluation designLevel of schoolOutcomeEffect size (SD)
1Computer-assisted learning in school (Linden 2008)IndiaSARCTPrimaryMath and English‒0.613
2School management (Glewwe and Maïga 2011)MadagascarSSARCTPrimaryTest score (district-level intervention)‒0.403
3New curriculum + OLPC (Berlinski and Busso 2017)Costa RicaLACRCTSecondaryMath-geometry‒0.378
New curriculum + computer lab (Berlinski and Busso 2017)Math-geometry‒0.216
New curriculum (Berlinski and Busso 2017)Math-geometry‒0.142
New curriculum + white board (Berlinski and Busso 2017)Math-geometry‒0.136
4Teacher training (Yoshikawa et al. 2015)ChileLACRCTPre-schoolVocabulary‒0.305
5One laptop per Child (Sharma 2014)NepalSADIDPrimaryEnglish‒0.244
6Mobile school librarian (Borkum, He, and Linden 2012)IndiaSARCTPrimaryLanguage‒0.232
7Preschool voucher (Wong et al. 2013)ChinaEAPRCTPre-schoolTest score – school readiness‒0.223
8School report card (Aturupane et al. 2014)Sri LankaSADIDSecondaryScience 8th grade‒0.221
Math 8th grade‒0.215
9Attendance reward (Visaria et al. 2016)IndiaSARCTPrimaryTest score‒0.207
10Teacher training (Özler et al. 2016)MalawiSSARCTPrimaryEarly Grade Math, 36-month follow-up‒0.124

Source: Authors’ calculations based on cited works.

Table 7.

The 10 Least Effective Interventions to Improve Learning for Girls

Program descriptionCountryRegionEvaluation designLevel of schoolOutcomeEffect size (SD)
1Computer-assisted learning in school (Linden 2008)IndiaSARCTPrimaryMath and English‒0.613
2School management (Glewwe and Maïga 2011)MadagascarSSARCTPrimaryTest score (district-level intervention)‒0.403
3New curriculum + OLPC (Berlinski and Busso 2017)Costa RicaLACRCTSecondaryMath-geometry‒0.378
New curriculum + computer lab (Berlinski and Busso 2017)Math-geometry‒0.216
New curriculum (Berlinski and Busso 2017)Math-geometry‒0.142
New curriculum + white board (Berlinski and Busso 2017)Math-geometry‒0.136
4Teacher training (Yoshikawa et al. 2015)ChileLACRCTPre-schoolVocabulary‒0.305
5One laptop per Child (Sharma 2014)NepalSADIDPrimaryEnglish‒0.244
6Mobile school librarian (Borkum, He, and Linden 2012)IndiaSARCTPrimaryLanguage‒0.232
7Preschool voucher (Wong et al. 2013)ChinaEAPRCTPre-schoolTest score – school readiness‒0.223
8School report card (Aturupane et al. 2014)Sri LankaSADIDSecondaryScience 8th grade‒0.221
Math 8th grade‒0.215
9Attendance reward (Visaria et al. 2016)IndiaSARCTPrimaryTest score‒0.207
10Teacher training (Özler et al. 2016)MalawiSSARCTPrimaryEarly Grade Math, 36-month follow-up‒0.124
Program descriptionCountryRegionEvaluation designLevel of schoolOutcomeEffect size (SD)
1Computer-assisted learning in school (Linden 2008)IndiaSARCTPrimaryMath and English‒0.613
2School management (Glewwe and Maïga 2011)MadagascarSSARCTPrimaryTest score (district-level intervention)‒0.403
3New curriculum + OLPC (Berlinski and Busso 2017)Costa RicaLACRCTSecondaryMath-geometry‒0.378
New curriculum + computer lab (Berlinski and Busso 2017)Math-geometry‒0.216
New curriculum (Berlinski and Busso 2017)Math-geometry‒0.142
New curriculum + white board (Berlinski and Busso 2017)Math-geometry‒0.136
4Teacher training (Yoshikawa et al. 2015)ChileLACRCTPre-schoolVocabulary‒0.305
5One laptop per Child (Sharma 2014)NepalSADIDPrimaryEnglish‒0.244
6Mobile school librarian (Borkum, He, and Linden 2012)IndiaSARCTPrimaryLanguage‒0.232
7Preschool voucher (Wong et al. 2013)ChinaEAPRCTPre-schoolTest score – school readiness‒0.223
8School report card (Aturupane et al. 2014)Sri LankaSADIDSecondaryScience 8th grade‒0.221
Math 8th grade‒0.215
9Attendance reward (Visaria et al. 2016)IndiaSARCTPrimaryTest score‒0.207
10Teacher training (Özler et al. 2016)MalawiSSARCTPrimaryEarly Grade Math, 36-month follow-up‒0.124

Source: Authors’ calculations based on cited works.

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