EGRA Plus: Liberia: understanding the causal mechanisms: EGRA Plus’s effectiveness

The EGRA Plus: Liberia program was a pilot intervention funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)/Liberia and implemented from 2008 to early 2011 by RTI International. The program had a heavy emphasis on applied research and focused on improvements in the quality of reading instruction and student outcomes as measured by the Early Grade Reading Assessment. The EGRA Plus program measured the impact of two different program designs using a randomized control trial, with three rounds of data collection. The full treatment intervention, implemented in 60 schools in 15 districts and 7 counties, was an integrated reading package.