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Learning in primary > Guided technology (eno extra time) (eLP) > Carrillo 2010

Detailed Information

Country	Country: Ecuador
GDP per capita	4.058
Context details	Primary schools
Age	Grade 5

2. Intervention

Implementation year	2007
Implementer	Government
Duration (months)	N/A
Cost	N/A
Intervention details	Schools received 4 computers, principal and 2 teachers were trained and students were expected to use computers every week; 16 schools participated

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	School

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Complete sample	Math	Standardized test	6	724	Coeff: 25.00; SE: 22.00; SD: 100.00
Complete sample	Language	Standardized test	6	720	Coeff: 35.00; SE: 17.00; SD: 100.00

Study	Carrillo, Paul E., Mercedes Onofa, and Juan Ponce. "Information technology and student achievement: Evidence from a randomized experiment in Ecuador." (2011). Inter-American Development Bank Working Paper Series no. IDB-WP-223 (2010).