Information, Knowledge and Behavior : Evaluating Alternative Methods of Delivering School Information to Parents
Improving education outcomes by disseminating information to parents and thereby encouraging them to become more actively engaged in school oversight is attractive, since it can be done relatively cheaply. This study evaluates the impact of alterna...
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okr-10986-218472021-04-23T14:04:05Z Information, Knowledge and Behavior : Evaluating Alternative Methods of Delivering School Information to Parents Cerdan-Infantes, Pedro Filmer, Deon P. BOOK DISTRIBUTION SCHOOL SYSTEM EMPLOYMENT EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH BASIC EDUCATION ITS TEACHERS SCHOOL CONTROL STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SCHOOLING PARENTAL PARTICIPATION ENROLLMENT DISTRICT EDUCATION QUALITY SCHOOLS GROUPS INFORMATION HIGH SCHOOL PUBLIC SERVICES EDUCATION OUTCOMES SCHOOL BOOK HIGHER EDUCATION PAPERS SCHOOL DECISION PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT POOR PEOPLE FUNDS LITERACY RATES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION SCHOOL PROJECTS OPEN ACCESS LITERACY KNOWLEDGE JUNIOR SECONDARY BULLETIN BOARDS EDUCATION FOR ALL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TESTS SCHOOL COMMUNITY PRIVATE SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOLS ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION SCHOOL VISITS SCHOLARSHIPS MARKETING EDUCATION BUDGET SCHOOL BOARDS STUDENT ALLOCATIONS SCHOOL AUTONOMY LEARNING EDUCATION SYSTEM SCHOOL COMMITTEE SCHOOL QUALITY RESEARCH SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS EDUCATION ECONOMICS TEST SCORES SCHOOL LEVEL RADIO GRANTS NEWSPAPERS PRIMARY SCHOOLS EDUCATION SYSTEMS READING SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SCHOOL YEAR STUDY STUDIES SCIENCE EDUCATION LAW VALUES STUDENT SCHOOLS LEARNING—OUTCOMES PARTICIPATION GENDER LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE SCHOOL AFFAIRS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TEXTBOOK EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EXPENDITURES LITERATURE CAMPAIGNS DECISION MAKING NATIONAL EDUCATION BLOCK GRANTS REPORT CARDS ECONOMICS TEACHER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES MANAGEMENT JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS PARTICIPATION OF PARENTS SCHOOL ACTIVITIES FINAL OUTCOMES CHILDREN QUALITY EDUCATION EDUCATION STATISTICS RURAL AREAS DECENTRALIZATION COUNSELING PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENTS FUNDING EDUCATION INDICATORS COMMUNICATION INTERVENTIONS PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOLS TECHNOLOGIES TEXTBOOK PROVISION SCHOOL SECONDARY EDUCATION ADULT LITERACY STUDENT LEARNING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT RETURNS TO EDUCATION SCHOOL COMMITTEES FUTURE RESEARCH Improving education outcomes by disseminating information to parents and thereby encouraging them to become more actively engaged in school oversight is attractive, since it can be done relatively cheaply. This study evaluates the impact of alternative approaches to disseminating information about a school grants program in Indonesia on parents knowledge about the program in general, knowledge about the implementation of the program in their childs school, and participation in school activities related to the program as well as beyond it. Not all dissemination approaches yielded impacts, and different modes of dissemination conveyed different types of information best, resulting in different impacts on behavior. Specifically, the low-intensity approaches that were tried—sending a letter from the principal home with the child, or sending a colorful pamphlet home with the child—had no impact on knowledge or participation. On the other hand, holding a facilitated meeting with a range of school stakeholders or sending targeted text messages to parents did increase knowledge and participation. Facilitated meetings mostly increased overall knowledge and fostered a feeling of transparency on the part of parents, which resulted in greater participation in formal channels for providing feedback to the school. The text messages increased knowledge about specific aspects of the program, such as the grant amount, and tended to increase participation through informal channels. 2015-05-04T16:53:58Z 2015-05-04T16:53:58Z 2015-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/04/24310282/information-knowledge-behavior-evaluating-alternative-methods-delivering-school-information-parents http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21847 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7233 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper East Asia and Pacific Indonesia |
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BOOK DISTRIBUTION SCHOOL SYSTEM EMPLOYMENT EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH BASIC EDUCATION ITS TEACHERS SCHOOL CONTROL STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SCHOOLING PARENTAL PARTICIPATION ENROLLMENT DISTRICT EDUCATION QUALITY SCHOOLS GROUPS INFORMATION HIGH SCHOOL PUBLIC SERVICES EDUCATION OUTCOMES SCHOOL BOOK HIGHER EDUCATION PAPERS SCHOOL DECISION PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT POOR PEOPLE FUNDS LITERACY RATES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION SCHOOL PROJECTS OPEN ACCESS LITERACY KNOWLEDGE JUNIOR SECONDARY BULLETIN BOARDS EDUCATION FOR ALL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TESTS SCHOOL COMMUNITY PRIVATE SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOLS ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION SCHOOL VISITS SCHOLARSHIPS MARKETING EDUCATION BUDGET SCHOOL BOARDS STUDENT ALLOCATIONS SCHOOL AUTONOMY LEARNING EDUCATION SYSTEM SCHOOL COMMITTEE SCHOOL QUALITY RESEARCH SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS EDUCATION ECONOMICS TEST SCORES SCHOOL LEVEL RADIO GRANTS NEWSPAPERS PRIMARY SCHOOLS EDUCATION SYSTEMS READING SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SCHOOL YEAR STUDY STUDIES SCIENCE EDUCATION LAW VALUES STUDENT SCHOOLS LEARNING—OUTCOMES PARTICIPATION GENDER LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE SCHOOL AFFAIRS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TEXTBOOK EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EXPENDITURES LITERATURE CAMPAIGNS DECISION MAKING NATIONAL EDUCATION BLOCK GRANTS REPORT CARDS ECONOMICS TEACHER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES MANAGEMENT JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS PARTICIPATION OF PARENTS SCHOOL ACTIVITIES FINAL OUTCOMES CHILDREN QUALITY EDUCATION EDUCATION STATISTICS RURAL AREAS DECENTRALIZATION COUNSELING PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENTS FUNDING EDUCATION INDICATORS COMMUNICATION INTERVENTIONS PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOLS TECHNOLOGIES TEXTBOOK PROVISION SCHOOL SECONDARY EDUCATION ADULT LITERACY STUDENT LEARNING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT RETURNS TO EDUCATION SCHOOL COMMITTEES FUTURE RESEARCH |
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BOOK DISTRIBUTION SCHOOL SYSTEM EMPLOYMENT EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH BASIC EDUCATION ITS TEACHERS SCHOOL CONTROL STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SCHOOLING PARENTAL PARTICIPATION ENROLLMENT DISTRICT EDUCATION QUALITY SCHOOLS GROUPS INFORMATION HIGH SCHOOL PUBLIC SERVICES EDUCATION OUTCOMES SCHOOL BOOK HIGHER EDUCATION PAPERS SCHOOL DECISION PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT POOR PEOPLE FUNDS LITERACY RATES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION SCHOOL PROJECTS OPEN ACCESS LITERACY KNOWLEDGE JUNIOR SECONDARY BULLETIN BOARDS EDUCATION FOR ALL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TESTS SCHOOL COMMUNITY PRIVATE SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOLS ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION SCHOOL VISITS SCHOLARSHIPS MARKETING EDUCATION BUDGET SCHOOL BOARDS STUDENT ALLOCATIONS SCHOOL AUTONOMY LEARNING EDUCATION SYSTEM SCHOOL COMMITTEE SCHOOL QUALITY RESEARCH SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS EDUCATION ECONOMICS TEST SCORES SCHOOL LEVEL RADIO GRANTS NEWSPAPERS PRIMARY SCHOOLS EDUCATION SYSTEMS READING SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SCHOOL YEAR STUDY STUDIES SCIENCE EDUCATION LAW VALUES STUDENT SCHOOLS LEARNING—OUTCOMES PARTICIPATION GENDER LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE SCHOOL AFFAIRS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TEXTBOOK EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EXPENDITURES LITERATURE CAMPAIGNS DECISION MAKING NATIONAL EDUCATION BLOCK GRANTS REPORT CARDS ECONOMICS TEACHER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES MANAGEMENT JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS PARTICIPATION OF PARENTS SCHOOL ACTIVITIES FINAL OUTCOMES CHILDREN QUALITY EDUCATION EDUCATION STATISTICS RURAL AREAS DECENTRALIZATION COUNSELING PUBLIC SCHOOLS STUDENTS FUNDING EDUCATION INDICATORS COMMUNICATION INTERVENTIONS PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOLS TECHNOLOGIES TEXTBOOK PROVISION SCHOOL SECONDARY EDUCATION ADULT LITERACY STUDENT LEARNING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT RETURNS TO EDUCATION SCHOOL COMMITTEES FUTURE RESEARCH Cerdan-Infantes, Pedro Filmer, Deon P. Information, Knowledge and Behavior : Evaluating Alternative Methods of Delivering School Information to Parents |
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East Asia and Pacific Indonesia |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7233 |
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Improving education outcomes by
disseminating information to parents and thereby encouraging
them to become more actively engaged in school oversight is
attractive, since it can be done relatively cheaply. This
study evaluates the impact of alternative approaches to
disseminating information about a school grants program in
Indonesia on parents knowledge about the program in general,
knowledge about the implementation of the program in their
childs school, and participation in school activities
related to the program as well as beyond it. Not all
dissemination approaches yielded impacts, and different
modes of dissemination conveyed different types of
information best, resulting in different impacts on
behavior. Specifically, the low-intensity approaches that
were tried—sending a letter from the principal home with the
child, or sending a colorful pamphlet home with the
child—had no impact on knowledge or participation. On the
other hand, holding a facilitated meeting with a range of
school stakeholders or sending targeted text messages to
parents did increase knowledge and participation.
Facilitated meetings mostly increased overall knowledge and
fostered a feeling of transparency on the part of parents,
which resulted in greater participation in formal channels
for providing feedback to the school. The text messages
increased knowledge about specific aspects of the program,
such as the grant amount, and tended to increase
participation through informal channels. |
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Working Paper |
| author |
Cerdan-Infantes, Pedro Filmer, Deon P. |
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Cerdan-Infantes, Pedro Filmer, Deon P. |
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Cerdan-Infantes, Pedro |
| title |
Information, Knowledge and Behavior : Evaluating Alternative Methods of Delivering School Information to Parents |
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Information, Knowledge and Behavior : Evaluating Alternative Methods of Delivering School Information to Parents |
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Information, Knowledge and Behavior : Evaluating Alternative Methods of Delivering School Information to Parents |
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Information, Knowledge and Behavior : Evaluating Alternative Methods of Delivering School Information to Parents |
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Information, Knowledge and Behavior : Evaluating Alternative Methods of Delivering School Information to Parents |
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information, knowledge and behavior : evaluating alternative methods of delivering school information to parents |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2015 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/04/24310282/information-knowledge-behavior-evaluating-alternative-methods-delivering-school-information-parents http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21847 |
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