Few standardized language assessments are adapted to different cultural and linguistic
contexts to assess children's first language (L1) abilities. We introduce the Ivorian Children's …

We examine the impact of enrolling in schools that employ a highly-standardized approach
to education, using random variation from a large nationwide scholarship program. Bridge …

Background Multiple studies have highlighted the inequities minority and Indigenous
children face when accessing health care. Health and wellbeing are positively impacted …

We model household investments in young children when parents and older siblings share
caregiving responsibilities and investments by older siblings contribute to young children's …

We provide evidence on the link between enrollment in public preschool and child
vocabulary, a critical precursor to early literacy. We measure early childhood development …

While the effects of early childhood development on later educational outcomes have been
widely studied in western countries, rigorous evidence from sub-Saharan African countries …

This study explored the predictive relations between executive function and second
language vocabulary. Data on receptive and expressive vocabulary in Mandarin and on …

Early childhood education (ECE) programs are expanding across sub-Saharan Africa. But
the quality of these programs, and their effectiveness when implemented at scale, remains …

We present results two years after the end of a group-based parenting intervention tested in
a cluster randomized control trial in rural Kenya. The original program consisted of 16 …

Multilingualism in education is encouraged in South Africa, and children are expected to
become bilingual and biliterate during the early primary grades. Much focus has been …