%0 Report
        %A Martins, Pedro S.
        %T (How) Do Non-Cognitive Skills Programs Improve Adolescent School Achievement? Experimental Evidence
        %D 2017
        %8 2017 Aug
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 10950
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp10950
        %X Non-cognitive skills programs may be an important policy option to improve the academic outcomes of adolescents. In this paper, we evaluate experimentally the EPIS program, which is based on bi-weekly individual or small-group non-cognitive mediation short meetings with low-performing students. Our RCT estimates, covering nearly 3,000 7th and 8th-grade students across over 50 schools and a period of two years, indicate that the program increases the probability of progression by 11% to 22%. The effects are stronger amongst older students, girls, and in language subjects (compared to maths).
        %K student achievement
%K non-cognitive skills
%K RCT
%K gender