Designed to examine the influence of increased funding for the parental participation program on learning outcomes, parent and teacher involvement, as well as dropout and failure rates. The parental participation program, also known as Apoyo a la Gestion Escolar (AGEs), or Support to School Management, is part of a larger Compensatory Education Project that is being implemented in the most marginalized municipalities of Mexico. AGEs component was altered to provide additional resources to 125 participating schools. The AGEs financial support consists of quarterly transfers to Parent Associations' school accounts, averaging $600 per year depending on a school size. Participating schools received double the usual amount. The baseline survey was conducted in October-November 2007, the first follow-up assessment took place in June-December 2008, the second follow-up in January-February 2010, and the endline survey was carried out in May-June 2010.
