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Detailed Information

Country	Country: United States
GDP per capita	52.983
Context details	Low performing students in New York City school district
Age	Grade 6

2. Intervention

Implementation year	2005
Implementer	Government
Duration (months)	27
Cost	Harlem Children’s Zone spends $19,272 per pupil; the median school district in New York State spent $16,171 per pupil in 2006
Intervention details	Attending a Promise Academy charter school (similar to a No Excuses) that emphasizes longer hours, remedial tutoring and employing quality teachers

Evaluation design	Instrumental variables
Cluster definition	Individual

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Grade 8	Language	SAT	N/A	1449	Coeff: 4.70; SE: 3.30; SD: 100.00
Grade 8	Math	SAT	3	1449	Coeff: 22.90; SE: 3.70; SD: 100.00

Study	Dobbie, Will, and Roland G. Fryer Jr. "Are High-Quality Schools Enough to Increase Achievement among the Poor? Evidence from the Harlem Childrens Zone." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 3, no. 3 (2011): 158-187.