Information, Knowledge and Behavior

Improving education outcomes by disseminating information to parents and thereby encouraging them to become more actively engaged in school oversight is attractive, since it can be done relatively cheaply. This study evaluates the impact of alternative approaches to disseminating information about a school grants program in Indonesia on parents knowledge about the program in general, knowledge about the implementation of the program in their childs school, and participation in school activities related to the program as well as beyond it. Not all dissemination approaches yielded impacts, and different modes of dissemination conveyed different types of information best, resulting in different impacts on behavior. Specifically, the low-intensity approaches that were tried—sending a letter from the principal home with the child, or sending a colorful pamphlet home with the child—had no impact on knowledge or participation. On the other hand, holding a facilitated meeting with a range of school stakeholders or sending targeted text messages to parents did increase knowledge and participation. Facilitated meetings mostly increased overall knowledge and fostered a feeling of transparency on the part of parents, which resulted in greater participation in formal channels for providing feedback to the school. The text messages increased knowledge about specific aspects of the program, such as the grant amount, and tended to increase participation through informal channels.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Cerdan-Infantes, Pedro, Filmer, Deon P.
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015-04
Subjects:	BOOK DISTRIBUTION, SCHOOL SYSTEM, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, BASIC EDUCATION, ITS, TEACHERS, SCHOOL CONTROL, STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, SCHOOLING, PARENTAL PARTICIPATION, ENROLLMENT, DISTRICT EDUCATION, QUALITY SCHOOLS, GROUPS, INFORMATION, HIGH SCHOOL, PUBLIC SERVICES, EDUCATION OUTCOMES, SCHOOL BOOK, HIGHER EDUCATION, PAPERS, SCHOOL DECISION, PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT, POOR PEOPLE, FUNDS, LITERACY RATES, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, SCHOOL PROJECTS, OPEN ACCESS, LITERACY, KNOWLEDGE, JUNIOR SECONDARY, BULLETIN BOARDS, EDUCATION FOR ALL, PRINCIPALS, SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, TESTS, SCHOOL COMMUNITY, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION, SCHOOL VISITS, SCHOLARSHIPS, MARKETING, EDUCATION BUDGET, SCHOOL BOARDS, STUDENT ALLOCATIONS, SCHOOL AUTONOMY, LEARNING, EDUCATION SYSTEM, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, SCHOOL QUALITY, RESEARCH, SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT, SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS, EDUCATION ECONOMICS, TEST SCORES, SCHOOL LEVEL, RADIO, GRANTS, NEWSPAPERS, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, READING, SCHOOL MANAGEMENT, SCHOOL PARTICIPATION, SCHOOL YEAR, STUDY, STUDIES, SCIENCE, EDUCATION LAW, VALUES, STUDENT, SCHOOLS, LEARNING—OUTCOMES, PARTICIPATION, GENDER, LEARNING OUTCOMES, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, SCHOOL AFFAIRS, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, TEXTBOOK, EDUCATIONAL QUALITY, EXPENDITURES, LITERATURE, CAMPAIGNS, DECISION MAKING, NATIONAL EDUCATION, BLOCK GRANTS, REPORT CARDS, ECONOMICS, TEACHER, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, MANAGEMENT, JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, PARTICIPATION OF PARENTS, SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, FINAL OUTCOMES, CHILDREN, QUALITY EDUCATION, EDUCATION, STATISTICS, RURAL AREAS, DECENTRALIZATION, COUNSELING, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, STUDENTS, FUNDING, EDUCATION INDICATORS, COMMUNICATION, INTERVENTIONS, PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOLS, TECHNOLOGIES, TEXTBOOK PROVISION, SCHOOL, SECONDARY EDUCATION, ADULT LITERACY, STUDENT LEARNING, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, RETURNS TO EDUCATION, SCHOOL COMMITTEES, FUTURE RESEARCH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/04/24310282/information-knowledge-behavior-evaluating-alternative-methods-delivering-school-information-parents https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21847
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