全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP11762 From Proof of Concept to Scalable Policies: Challenges and Solutions, with an Application

G2TT

来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP11762
	DP11762 From Proof of Concept to Scalable Policies: Challenges and Solutions, with an Application
	Esther Duflo; Abhijit Banerjee; Rukmini Banerji; Harini Kannan; Shobhini Mukerji; Michael Walton; Marc Shotland
发表日期	2017-01-09
出版年	2017
语种	英语
摘要	The promise of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is that evidence gathered through the evaluation of a specific program helps us—possibly after several rounds of fine-tuning and multiple replications in different contexts—to inform policy. However, critics have pointed out that a potential constraint in this agenda is that results from small, NGO-run “proof-of-concept” studies may not apply to policies that can be implemented by governments on a large scale. After discussing the potential issues, this paper describes the journey from the original concept to the design and evaluation of scalable policy. We do so by evaluating a series of strategies that aim to integrate the NGO Pratham’s “Teaching at the Right Level” methodology into elementary schools in India. The methodology consists of re-organizing instruction based on children’s actual learning levels, rather than on a prescribed syllabus, and has previously been shown to be very effective when properly implemented. We present RCT evidence on the designs that failed to produce impacts within the regular schooling system but helped shape subsequent versions of the program. As a result of this process, two versions of the programs were developed that successfully raised children’s learning levels using scalable models in government schools.
主题	Development Economics
关键词	Education India
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp11762
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/540576
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Esther Duflo,Abhijit Banerjee,Rukmini Banerji,et al. DP11762 From Proof of Concept to Scalable Policies: Challenges and Solutions, with an Application. 2017.