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Detailed Information

Country	Country: Kenya
GDP per capita	634
Context details	N/A
Age	Grade 1

2. Intervention

Implementation year	2005
Implementer	Government
Duration (months)	16
Cost	N/A
Intervention details	Students were assigned to 2 classes based on baseline academic achievement; teachers were randomly assigned to each class; 60 schools participated

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	School

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Complete sample	Language	Standardized achievement test	2	5796	Coeff: 12.30; SE: 8.00; SD: 100.00
Complete sample	Math	Standardized achievement test	2	5796	Coeff: 12.50; SE: 6.50; SD: 100.00
Complete sample	Combined	Standardized achievement test	2	5795	Coeff: 13.90; SE: 7.80; SD: 100.00

Study	Duflo, Esther, Pascaline Dupas, and Michael Kremer. "Peer Effects, Teacher Incentives, and the Impact of Tracking: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya." American Economic Review 101, no. 5 (2011): 1739-74.