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Detailed Information

Country	Country: China
GDP per capita	5.998
Context details	Boarding schools in poor rural areas of Shaanxi Province which has one of the largest population and is the poorest province in northwest China
Age	Grades 3,5

2. Intervention

Implementation year	2011
Implementer	Researchers
Duration (months)	3
Cost	N/A
Intervention details	Students used math software during two 40-minute weekly sessions after school and instructors received training; 36 schools participated

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	School

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Complete sample	Math	Standardized test	3	2613	Coeff: 12.00; SE: 5.00; SD: 100.00

Study	Lai, Fang, Linxiu Zhang, Xiao Hu, Qinghe Qu, Yaojiang Shi, Yajie Qiao, Matthew Boswell, and Scott Rozelle. "Computer assisted learning as extracurricular tutor? Evidence from a randomised experiment in rural boarding schools in Shaanxi." Rural Education Action Project, Stanford Working Paper 235 (2012).