Cool new study about a foundational skills intervention in Zambia showing positive effects that persist into middle grades. Doubling intervention costs by providing teacher PD produced no additional gains. An RCT, DiD, multiple treatment arms!! So much great stuff to see here, congrats!
Aaron Ainsworth
New paper on skill formation, with evidence from Zambia's foundational skills program (Teaching at the Right Level / Catch Up)
Targeting Foundational Skills at Scale: Skill Specificity and Transfer
w/ T. Lubozha
Preprint & brief
de-barros.com/publication/...
Also @cesifo.org @cega-uc.bsky.social
