Improving learning outcomes for out-of-school children: evidence from a randomized evaluation of an accelerated learning program in Liberia

Jeffery McManus, Mico Rudasingwa, Ewoud Nijhof, Kenna Mokobi, Serigne Fallou Deme, James Kiawoin, Felipe Acero Garay, Leah Mwai and Cassandre Pignon

Education Economics, 2025, vol. 33, issue 1, 19-38

Abstract: Children in Liberia receive 2.2 learning-adjusted years of schooling, one of the lowest levels of educational attainment in the world. We study one approach to address low enrollment and low rates of learning: a 10-month accelerated learning program run by the Luminos Fund to help out-of-school children catch up to grade level. We conducted a randomized evaluation of the program across 100 communities in Liberia. We find that the program had large effects on reading and numeracy skills for out-of-school children, and that children in the program catch up to the learning levels of children in government schools.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2024.2410773

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