Adding Self information (the student's own absence total) to the Encourage mail reduced absences by an additional 0.5 days, a total of 6.2% versus Control¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? The Self component reduced absences by an additional 0.5 days as compared to Encourage (p<0.01), a total of 6.2% versus Control. → Rogers and Feller 2016

Evidence¶

Rogers and Feller 2016¶

Todd Rogers, Avi Feller. (2016). Parent Beliefs and Student Absences: Large Absence-Reduction Field Experiment. SREE Spring 2016 Conference Abstract. https://www.sree.org/conferences/2016/

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Assignment to the Encourage + Self condition assessed the impact of being sent at least one Encourage + Self mailing; households received an average of 3.9 mailings with Self information. The article reports an additional 0.5-day reduction versus Encourage, p<0.01.

"The Self component reduced absences by an additional 0.5 days as compared to Encourage (p<0.01). In other words, the Self component reduced absences by a total of 6.2% as compared to receiving no mail at all (i.e. Control)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Attendance mailings to guardians reduce student absences, with all treatment mailings pooled reducing absences by 0.9 days (a 5.3% decrease) versus control — a broader claim this one bears on
• The Encourage component alone reduced absences by 0.6 days (a 3.5% decrease) compared to Control — a broader claim this one bears on
• Self and Norms mailings produced spillover reductions in absences for non-focal students in the same household (0.8 days, 4.8%, p<.01) — related
• Attendance mailings corrected guardians' miscalibrated beliefs about their students' absences but did not change beliefs about the importance of attendance — related
• Adding social-norm comparison information (Norms) produced no additional reduction in absences beyond Encourage + Self — related