General Information
Project description
PROJECT SUMMARY
Teachers in a summer school program for high school students provided brief, individualized, messages for parents with information about their child’s performance and behavior in school on a weekly basis.
IMPACT
Providing parents with individualized messages increased the probability a student earned credit for each class by 6.5 percentage points – a 41% reduction in failure rates.
Detailed information
Final report: Is there a final report presenting the results and conclusions of this project?
Yes
Final report
Pre-analysis plan: Is there a pre-analysis plan associated with this registration?
No
United States
USA
Who is behind the project?
Institution:
Harvard Kennedy School
Team:
Behavioural Insights Group
Project status:
Completed
Methods
Methodology:
Experiment, Field Experiment
Could you self-grade the strength of the evidence generated by this study?:
1
Start date:
08/01/2012
What is the project about?
Policy area(s):
Education
Topic(s):
Children, Youth
Behavioural tool(s):
Reminders
Date published:
25 June 2021