Sharon Wolf|J. Lawrence Aber|Jere R. Behrman|Morgan Peele
Longitudinal causal impacts of preschool teacher training on Ghanaian children’s school readiness: Evidence for persistence and fade?out
University of Pennsylvania|New York University|University of Pennsylvania|University of Pennsylvania
preschool programs expanded rapidly low middleincome countries widespread concerns whether sufficient quality promote childrens learning development conducted large schoolrandomized control trial quality preschool ghana qp4g oneyear teacher training coaching program without parentalawareness meetings designed improve preschool quality child development followed 3435 children 240 schools greater accra region ghana country universal preprimary education previous study reported positive impacts teacher training teacher training plus parentalawareness meetings end implementation year dimensions classroom quality teacher wellbeing childrens school readiness wolf et al 2019 journal research educational effectiveness 12 1037 present study analyzed new round data collected 1 year end implementation assess extent persistence impacts child development b whether impacts vary select child household school characteristics found impacts teacher training intervention childrens overall school readiness sustained 013 marginally statistically significant broken domain impacts socialemotional skills specifically persisted persistent negative effects teacher training plus parentalawareness meetings varied literacy status male parent negative impacts concentrated children households nonliterate male heads