The authors caution that PRIMR's first-year effects may not generalize beyond the study's disproportionately peri-urban setting¶

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q1 i? The study sample reflects a higher percentage of peri-urban areas than Kenya country-wide, so effects may vary by location. → Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski & Benjamin Piper 2014

Evidence¶

Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski & Benjamin Piper 2014¶

Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski & Benjamin Piper. (2014). Improving Reading Outcomes in Kenya: First-Year Effects of the PRIMR Initiative. SREE Spring 2014 Conference Abstract. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED562806

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Authors' stated limitation in the Conclusions section, offered without additional analysis; they note that analysis of the DFID-funded extension into two additional counties will allow deeper examination of geographic variation.

"we must note that this intervention and the findings to date reflect a higher percentage of peri-urban areas than exists country-wide. The effects of PRIMR may vary by location."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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• One year of PRIMR produced statistically significant gains in oral reading fluency in grade 1 formal and nonformal schools and grade 2 nonformal schools, in both English and Kiswahili, but not in grade 2 formal schools — related