Reduce Absences in Early Grades with Personalized Postcards: Technical Appendix
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This technical appendix provides more detail about the methods and analytic approach outlined in the step-by-step guide.
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Reduce Absences in Early Grades with Personalized Postcards
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Proving Ground built a series of guides designed to share lessons learned through successful interventions piloted by its member districts to decrease chronic absenteeism. This is a step-by-step guide for districts who are interested in implementing a
Your child missed learning the alphabet today: A randomized trial of sending teacherwritten postcards home to reduce absences
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This randomized trial evaluates the effectiveness of sending teacherwritten postcards home to reduce absences.
Engaging Families From a Distance
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View the best practices for using strategic automated messaging to communicate from a distance.
From Learning Recession to Learning Recovery: Understanding the Sources of U.S. K-12 Improvement
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In May, the fourth iteration of the Education Scorecard —a collaboration between CEPR, the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University, and faculty at Dartmouth College—was released. This year marks a transition. Now that the federal pandemic...
Using a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) to Develop an Adaptive K-2 Literacy Intervention with Personalized Print Texts and App-Based Digital Activities
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This study shows that a SMART-designed, adaptive K–2 literacy intervention can improve reading outcomes—especially for nonresponders—when personalized print texts and apps are paired with targeted parent text-message supports.
Using a Factorial Design to Maximize the Effectiveness of a Parental Text Messaging Intervention
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This study shows that parental text messaging is most effective when messages are personalized and thoughtfully framed, with certain combinations of message content producing stronger gains in student reading than others.
Understanding Heterogeneous Patterns of Family Engagement With Educational Technology to Inform School-Family Communication in Linguistically Diverse Communities
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This study shows that families engage with educational technology in distinct ways—and that multilingual, two-way text messaging is especially effective for supporting equitable family engagement in linguistically diverse communities.
Using a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) to Develop an Adaptive K-2 Literacy Intervention with Personalized Print Texts and App-Based Digital Activities
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This study shows that using topic-connected, rigorous texts and pairing digital gamification with family text reminders can enhance young students’ summer reading engagement and achievement.
Using a Factorial Design to Maximize the Effectiveness of a Parental Text Messaging Intervention
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This study found that personalized, well-framed text messages improve student reading and family engagement, while generic messages can reduce their effectiveness.