Early Grade Reading Assessment Grade 2 Baseline, West Bank

This report presents key findings of the first baseline of early grade reading skills implemented in the West Bank. This EGRA for Grade 2 was conducted in March 2014 in a representative sample of 150 Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MOEHE) primary schools, stratified by school gender and selected randomly from 16 districts in the West Bank. The 2,953 tested students were randomly selected from Grade 2 enrollment lists prior to each school visit. The results are representative of MOEHE Grade 2 students and primary schools in West Bank.