More Than Just a Nudge: Supporting Kindergarten Parents with Differentiated and Personalized Text Messages

Christopher Doss, Erin M. Fahle, Susanna Loeb and Benjamin N. York

Journal of Human Resources, 2019, vol. 54, issue 3, 567-603

Abstract: Recent studies show that texting-based interventions can produce educational benefits in children across a range of ages. We study effects of a text-based program for parents of kindergarten children, distinguishing a general program from one adding differentiation and personalization based on each child’s developmental level. Children in the differentiated and personalized program were 63 percent more likely to read at a higher level (p

JEL-codes: C93 D91 I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
Note: DOI: 10.3368/jhr.54.3.0317-8637R
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