Tackling Teacher Absenteeism with the TheoryU Model
This article was co-written by Liz Randolph, Alastair Rodd and Consilous Rwanyonga. All three plus many others worked together on the model design and implementation.
Commentary
Learning more from impact evaluations: Contexts, mechanisms and theories of literacy instruction interventions
If the word ‘science’ in the term ‘social science’ means what I think it means, we social scientists should be in the business of developing models for how we think the world works, testing them with data, and refining them. But the slew of results from impact evaluations in international education frequently feels like a catalogue (if we’re lucky, a meta-analysis) of effect sizes, not a genuine attempt to understand the phenomena we study. To improve this understanding, we need to do a better job of learning from impact evaluations.
RTI International Education at CIES
Going to CIES this year? Meet some of our experts during the following sessions, or stop by the RTI booth in the exhibition hall? Can't make it? Don't worry, we'll upload the presentations here when they are ready!
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Session Information
Monday, March 26
8:00-9:30 am
Paper Session: Policy, Assessment, and Perceptions of Inclusion
Location: Hilton Reforma, Fourth, Don Emiliano
Measuring executive functions in young children from low- and middle-income countries: an interview with Michael Willoughby
Much still remains unknown about the impact of executive functions on the school performance of children in low and middle income countries.
The National Rollout of Coaching with Tangerine in Kenya
This article was co-written by Scott Kipp, Sarah Pouezevara and Benjamin Piper.
What do you picture when you think of technology improving education?