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Detailed Information

Country	Country: United States
GDP per capita	52.983
Context details	6 urban or fringe urban districts serving low-income students (50% eligible for free or reduced price lunch) across 4 eastern and mid-western states
Age	Grade 2

2. Intervention

Implementation year	2005
Implementer	Researchers
Duration (months)	N/A
Cost	The total cost across the 6 districts was $868,259. The cost per teacher was $4,797. Converting this number into a per student cost yielded $233.
Intervention details	Teachers received an 8-day training and follow-ups seminars to improve reading and spelling; 30 schools participated

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	School

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Complete sample	Language	District assessment test	N/A	3399	Effect Size: 6.00; SE: 9.00; SD: 100.00

Study	Garet, Michael S., Stephanie Cronen, Marian Eaton, Anja Kurki, Meredith Ludwig, Wehmah Jones, Kazuaki Uekawa et al. "The Impact of Two Professional Development Interventions on Early Reading Instruction and Achievement." National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, NCEE 2008-4030 (2008).