The findings suggest that the intervention had a significant impact on the reading habits of beneficiary students. Using the first follow-up survey, the authors found that the programme led to a 19 percentage point increase in the proportion of students reporting having read a book in the week preceding the survey. Specifically, control students reported having read approximately 2 books, whereas beneficiary students reported having read 4.2 books on average. The second follow-up survey revealed that the results observed at first were not maintained over time. Although the impact on the propensity to read remained stable (with a 22 percentage point increase), the effects on the number of books read were not statistically significant.
Furthermore, the study finds that the intervention significantly improved students' reading ability. The analysis conducted using data from the first follow-up survey indicates that reading scores increased by 0.13 standard deviations. No spill-over effects (positive or negative) were found on other school subjects (that is, mathematics or social studies). In contrast to the observed effects on reading habits, the impact on reading ability seemed to persist over time, albeit at a low magnitude. The results based on the second follow-up survey show a significant improvement of 0.06 standard deviations in reading test scores. Again, no spill-over effects were detected on other subjects.
The authors also report test results disaggregated by test components for both follow-up surveys. The intervention positively affected only two out of six components: estimates from the first follow-up survey show a 0.19 standard deviation increase in word recognition and a 0.15 standard deviation increase in oral reading questions. Data from the second follow-up survey also show significant improvements in word recognition (0.12 standard deviations), but negative results on the written test (–0.06 standard deviations).
The findings suggest that the intervention had a significant impact on the reading habits of beneficiary students. Using the first follow-up survey, the authors found that the programme led to a 19 percentage point increase in the proportion of students reporting having read a book in the week preceding the survey. Specifically, control students reported having read approximately 2 books, whereas beneficiary students reported having read 4.2 books on average. The second follow-up survey revealed that the results observed at first were not maintained over time. Although the impact on the propensity to read remained stable (with a 22 percentage point increase), the effects on the number of books read were not statistically significant.Furthermore, the study finds that the intervention significantly improved students' reading ability. The analysis conducted using data from the first follow-up survey indicates that reading scores increased by 0.13 standard deviations. No spill-over effects (positive or negative) were found on other school subjects (that is, mathematics or social studies). In contrast to the observed effects on reading habits, the impact on reading ability seemed to persist over time, albeit at a low magnitude. The results based on the second follow-up survey show a significant improvement of 0.06 standard deviations in reading test scores. Again, no spill-over effects were detected on other subjects. The authors also report test results disaggregated by test components for both follow-up surveys. The intervention positively affected only two out of six components: estimates from the first follow-up survey show a 0.19 standard deviation increase in word recognition and a 0.15 standard deviation increase in oral reading questions. Data from the second follow-up survey also show significant improvements in word recognition (0.12 standard deviations), but negative results on the written test (–0.06 standard deviations).
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