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Detailed Information

Country	Country: United States
GDP per capita	54.313
Context details	Schools from 12 districts in 9 states
Age	Grade 7

2. Intervention

Implementation year	2007
Implementer	Researchers
Duration (months)	9
Cost	N/A
Intervention details	Teachers received 3-day training, in-school coaching and attended follow-up seminars for effective teaching of positive rational number topics

Evaluation design	Randomized evaluation
Cluster definition	School

Sample	Outcome	Test	Source Table	Observations	Statistics on Effects
Grade 7	Math	NWEA Rational Number Test	3	2203	Coeff: -0.13; SE: 0.95; SD: 14.27

Study	Garet, Michael S., Andrew J. Wayne, Fran Stancavage, James Taylor, Marian Eaton, Kirk Walters, Mengli Song et al. "Middle School Mathematics Professional Development Impact Study: Findings after the Second Year of Implementation." National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, NCEE 2011-4024 (2011).