What is possible, and what is likely: Experimental estimates of the range of effects from scaling personalised adaptive learning in government schools in India
Project overview
The study will examine the implementation and impact of a Personalised Adaptive Learning (PAL) programme at scale in Andhra Pradesh (AP), India. Leveraging a unique policy experiment involving 480 schools who are part of the AP government’s efforts to scale up PAL in its schools, we aim to contribute to the What Works Hub for Global Education’s mission of bridging the gap between research and practice in education. Our study will combine rigorous impact evaluation with in-depth implementation science applied to a large, government-led education policy effort at a key stage of the research-to-practice pipeline, addressing critical questions about the scalability of educational technologies in developing countries.
For more information about the study, you can read its research handout (PDF).
Fast facts
Principal Investigators: Alex Eble, Guthrie Gray-Lobe, Saloni Gupta
Time period: 2025-26
Co-PIs: Michael Kremer, Emily Cupito, Sabareesh Ramachandran, Wendy Wong
Host and partner institutions: Teachers College, Columbia University; Development Innovation Lab (DIL) at the University of Chicago; Development Innovation Lab (DIL) India at the University of Chicago Trust, India; The Central Square Foundation (CSF); Government of Andhra Pradesh School Education Department (GovAP); ConveGenius
