ABSTRACT

This paper presents results from a three-arm randomized controlled trial in Zambia with a sample of nearly 1200 adolescent girls enrolled in Grade 7. Selected primary schools (N=36) were randomly assigned within each of three districts to one of three arms: 1) e-readers, which girls could take home, provided within a safe space group platform plus community engagement activities; 2) safe space groups plus community engagement activities; and 3) control. The intent-to-treat estimates indicate that girls in the e-reader arm scored significantly better on two basic literacy assessments as well as non-verbal reasoning compared with girls in the control arm.

摘要

本文介绍了在赞比亚进行的三组随机对照试验的结果，样本包括近 1200 名就读 7 年级的少女。选定的小学（N=36）在三个区中的每个区中随机分配到三个组之一：1 ) 电子阅读器，女孩可以带回家，在安全的空间小组平台和社区参与活动中提供；2) 安全空间团体加上社区参与活动；3) 控制。意向治疗估计表明，与对照组的女孩相比，电子阅读器组的女孩在两项基本识字评估以及非语言推理方面的得分明显更高。