Ten-Year Impacts of Burkina Faso’s BRIGHT Program

APPENDIX C
MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH
Table C.4. Ten-year impact of the BRIGHT program on math test scores
Percentage correct
Standardized score
Test section
Unselected
villages
Impact estimate
Unselected
villages
Impact estimate
Panel A: Grade 1
Count to 10 (MCP11) 8.0*** 0.4 pp*** -0.046 0.131***
(0.1) (0.1) (0.043) (0.042)
Number identification, 42.3*** 7.3 pp*** -0.075** 0.161***
single digit (1.5) (1.4) (0.032) (0.030)
Counting items 69.2*** 5.7 pp*** -0.057 0.155***
(1.6) (1.4) (0.040) (0.034)
Greater-than/less-than 56.8*** 6.4 pp*** -0.064 0.153***
(2.0) (1.5) (0.044) (0.033)
Single digit addition 52.8*** 5.6 pp*** -0.053 0.129***
(1.9) (1.4) (0.042) (0.031)
Single digit subtraction 49.6*** 5.9 pp*** -0.055 0.134***
(1.8) (1.4) (0.040) (0.030)
Grade 1 total 50.5*** 5.7pp*** -0.074* 0.176***
(1.5) (1.1) (0.042) (0.031)
Panel B: Grade 2
Telling time 15.5*** 6.0 pp*** -0.062** 0.134***
(1.0) (1.0) (0.025) (0.025)
Number identification, 23.2*** 7.1 pp*** -0.067** 0.151***
Two digit (1.2) (1.1) (0.027) (0.025)
Multiplication 19.0*** 6.3 pp*** -0.067** 0.145***
(1.1) (1.0) (0.026) (0.025)
Division 17.1*** 5.5 pp*** -0.053** 0.117***
(1.0) (1.0) (0.025) (0.024)
Addition, two digit 14.7*** 5.1 pp*** -0.052** 0.112***
(1.0) (0.9) (0.025) (0.024)
Subtraction, two digit 14.2*** 5.1 pp*** -0.054** 0.116***
(1.0) (0.9) (0.024) (0.024)
Grade 2 Total 17.3*** 5.8 pp*** -0.065** 0.141***
(1.0) (0.9) (0.027) (0.025)
Panel C: Grade 3
Converting minutes to hours 9.7*** 4.8 pp*** -0.056*** 0.116***
(0.7) (0.8) (0.021) (0.022)
Fraction identification 5.9*** 3.2 pp*** -0.044** 0.090***
(0.5) (0.6) (0.017) (0.019)
Identify parallel lines 8.3*** 4.4 pp*** -0.060** 0.126***
(0.7) (0.7) (0.024) (0.024)
Grade 3 total 8.0*** 4.1 pp*** -0.057*** 0.119***
(0.6) (0.7) (0.022) (0.023)
Panel D: Grade 4
Relative weights 5.0*** 3.3 pp*** -0.056*** 0.123***
(0.5) (0.6) (0.018) (0.021)
Division with remainder 3.5*** 2.3 pp*** -0.047** 0.095***
(0.4) (0.5) (0.020) (0.025)
Grade 4 total 4.2*** 2.8 pp*** -0.057*** 0.120***
(0.4) (0.5) (0.020) (0.024)
Panel E: Grade 5
Converting millimeters to 3.8*** 2.2 pp*** -0.039** 0.085***
Meters (0.4) (0.5) (0.019) (0.022)
Multiplication with decimals 2.5*** 14 pp*** -0.028 0.056**
(0.3) (0.4) (0.018) (0.021)
Estimate percentage, using 1.6*** 1.2 pp*** -0.036*** 0.069***
agricultural yield (0.2) (0.3) (0.013) (0.022)
Grade 4 total 2.6*** 1.6 pp*** -0.039** 0.080***
(0.3) (0.4) (0.019) (0.023)
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