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Universal Assessment and the Bottom of the Pyramid

March, 2017
While the SDGs now officially call for global reporting on learning outcomes, many institutions and scholars had noticed, at least since the mid-2000s, that many children were not learning much,...

CIES 2017 Presentation: Measurement of early reading under the SDGs

March, 2017
Measurement of learning is central to the Sustainable Development Goals for education, both in early primary (grade 2/3) and in early childhood (under the age of 5) (IAEG 2016). Of particular...

Malawi Early Grade Reading Activity: Scripting Study Report (Presentation)

March, 2017
Presentation delivered at CIES 2017 (Atlanta). The Malawi Early Grade Reading Activity (EGRA), funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by RTI...

Equity Identification at Baseline

March, 2017
Presentation delivered at CIES 2017 (Atlanta). A systematic way to use baseline evaluation studies to help define and identify disadvantaged schools in an intervention program.

Complex Data Analysis: Improve your data analytic abilities using Stata and Early Grade Reading and Mathematics Assessment Data

March, 2017
Workshop delivered at CIES 2017 (Atlanta). The workshop will begin with introducing participants to accessible online educational survey data from EGRA and EGMA. Participants will be introduced to...

Measuring regional progress toward early grade reading and mathematics targets in a national application of LQAS as part of the RAMP Initiative in Jordan.

March, 2017
Presentation delivered at CIES 2017 (Atlanta). CIES Panel title: Measuring regional progress toward early grade reading and mathematics targets in a national application of LQAS as part of the...

Using EGRA data for differentiated instruction: Learning profiles and instructional needs in Uganda

March, 2017
Presentation delivered at CIES2017 (Atlanta). A challenge of large-scale education research projects in international development is determining the most appropriate way to effectively report...

Complements to the Early Grade Reading Assessment: Spelling, Reading Comprehension, and Oral Language Subtasks

February, 2017
The EGRA has been a useful tool to understand students’ progress toward fluent reading. However, users are often left wanting additional information about reading comprehension, writing, and...

[Presentation] Boys' Underachievement: Global Literature Review

February, 2017
This presentation summarizes the lessons learned from the global literature review on boys' underachievement in education.

Special Issue--Working to improve: seven approaches to quality improvement in education

February, 2017
A collection of articles on Improvement Science, published in a special issue (Volume 25 Issue 1) of the journal "Quality Assurance in Education". Each article describes one of seven improvement...

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