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EGRA Calculator

August, 2015

The EGRA Calculator is an Excel-based estimation tool that can produce an approximate budget reflecting the costs commonly associated with implementing an EGRA. The tool itself contains...

User Guide for the EGRA Calculator

August, 2015

This user guide accompanies the Excel-based EGRA Calculator to offer tips and suggestions for each step in the calculator to help the user enter appropriate and accurate information.

Effective Teaching and Education Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa (Report)

August, 2015

This report, which is broadly tasked with presenting evidence on the state of teacher effectiveness in sub-Saharan Africa, represents an attempt to bridge the gap between what has hitherto been a...

The early grade reading assessment (EGRA): Its theoretical foundation, purpose, and limitations

June, 2015

Article published in the International Journal of Educational Development. Volume 40, January 2015, Pages 315–322. Published abstract: The rise and widespread adoption of the early grade reading...

Status of Early Grade Reading in Sub-Saharan Africa

June, 2015

Student literacy assessments contribute to identifying the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) progress toward Goal 1: improving reading skills for 100 million children by 2015....

A Practical Approach to In-Country Systems Research

June, 2015

This background paper was written for the RISE Program. This paper was written to contribute to the discussio of how RISE approaches the challenge of research into systems change. Drawing on years...

Imagining Humanist Language Policy: Best Practices and Practical Steps for Improving Learning

March, 2015

This presentation was presented by Alison Pflepsen and USAID to provide information about a recently developed resource of use to those working to improve reading and learning outcomes. The...

Presentation on the State of Literacy in Africa

March, 2015

This presentation discusses a desk study which was designed to advance knowledge of which countries have and have not conducted early grade reading assessments, while also providing information on...

Effective Teaching and Education Policy in 11 Sub-Saharan African Countries (Presentation)

March, 2015

This presentation was prepared for the Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference held in Washington, D.C. on 10 March, 2015. The presentation looks at teachers and teaching...

EARLY GRADE READING ASSESSMENT TOOLKIT 2009

March, 2015

This toolkit is the product of ongoing collaboration among a large community of scholars, practitioners, government officials, and education development professionals to advance the cause of early...

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