LEAP had a singular goal, to improve learning outcomes for Liberian children. To fully understand the learning outcomes detailed, it’s important to understand how the data was analysed by the researchers. Intention-To-Treat (ITT) estimates the treatment effect of a child being assigned to a LEAP school in 2015-16. Overall, the LEAP programme increased learning by 0.26 (TOT) standard deviations (SD’s) in English and 0.36 (TOT) SD’s in maths; combined this equates to more than a year of additional learning. Ultimately the question that everyone wants answered, is after all the work, funding and debate: Did LEAP significantly improve learning outcomes.

Source: GNN Liberia December 18, 2019 18:35 UTC