Behavioral Insights Team Americas

07/05/2022

With the help of the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) we ran 3 RCTs to find out the best way to improve pupil attendance at National Tutoring Programme (NTP).

Getting pupils & tutors to take a 5-min 'Snap Survey' about their interests and preferences & informing them on how much common ground they shared with each other boosted session attendance from 61.5% to 65.7%.



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Tutoring is one of the most effective ways to accelerate pupil progress. Indeed, its potential galvanised the creation of the National Tutoring Programme (NTP) - the UK Government’s flagship response to learning loss caused by school closures during the pandemic. However, pupils are only able to b...

06/30/2022

A government creates a great program to support city residents. Many people qualify, but only a few apply. How can we increase uptake?

BIT has helped governments answer this question across many policy areas. Through What Works Cities Economic Mobility Initiative, BIT and for America partnered with nine US cities, helping them use behavioral insights to improve program recruitment and retention efforts.

This work showed just how much behavioral science has to say about making programs successful. Read our short factsheet for learnings and examples from real cities on how a behavioral insights approach can help get more people to participate.