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All main results fully reproducible from final data. Some results in appendix were not reproduced due to missing data, requiring API keys, or because it was expected to take over a week to run.","license":[{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License","uri":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"dependencies":"carryforward, coefplot, dataout, distinct, egenmore, estout, etime, fre, fsum, ftools, gssu, iefieldkit, ietoolkit, missings, orth_out, qreg2, reghdfe, ritest","date":"2020-08"}],"title_statement":{"title":"Reproducibility package for Supporting Teacher Autonomy to Improve Education Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Brazil","idno":"RR_BRA_2020_PRWP-9371_v01"},"acknowledgment_statement":"This draft benefited from comments from Pablo Acosta, Guadalupe Bedoya, Paul Christian, Flavio Cunha, Steven Glover, Florence Kondylis, Arianna Legovini, John Loeser, Pedro Olinto, Daniel Rogger, Ravi Somani, and seminar participants at S\u00e3o Paulo School of Economics (EESP-FGV). Finally, we thank the staff at the Rio Grande do Norte State Secretariat of Education for being great research partners. Computational reproducibility was verified by DIME Analytics. 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This paper provides experimental evidence from a program in Brazil. The program supported teachers, through a combination of technical assistance and a small grant, to autonomously develop and implement an innovative project aimed at engaging their students. The findings show that the program improved student learning by 0.15 standard deviation and grade passing by 13 percent in sixth grade, a critical year of transition from primary to lower-secondary education. The paper explores two mechanisms: teacher turnover and student socio-emotional skills. Teacher turnover is reduced by 20.7 percent, and the impacts on student outcomes are concentrated in the schools with the largest reductions. The findings also indicate positive impacts on conscientiousness and extroversion among the students. The results suggest that increasing the autonomy of public servants can improve service delivery, even in a low-capacity context.","contacts":[{"name":"Caio Piza","role":"Author","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"caiopiza@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","email":"reproducibility@worldbank.org","uri":"reproducibility.worldbank.org"}],"disclaimer":"The materials in the reproducibility packages are distributed as they were prepared by the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development\/the World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this event do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, the Executive Directors of the World Bank, or the governments they represent. 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