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Persistence and Fadeout of Preschool Effects: Evidence from 16 LMICs- CIES 2018 Presentation

March, 2018
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Amber Gove. With few exceptions (Aboud & Hossain, 2011; Gertler et al., 2013), much of the published research on the impact of preprimary participation stems from...

Early Grade Reading Sustainability Framework- CIES 2018 Presentation

March, 2018
CIES 2018 presentation, given by Luis Crouch on behalf of Hank Healey. The EGR Sustainability Framework emanates from a) a general understanding of evidence-based EGR programs, b) the notion of a...

The Early Grade Reading Barometer: Increasing access to and use of data on learning outcomes- CIES 2018 Presentation

March, 2018
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Amber Gove and Helen Jang. The Early Grade Reading Barometer offers a wealth of actionable Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) data to help to change the lives...

Linguistic differences in mother tongue reading performance in Uganda- CIES 2018 Presentation

March, 2018
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Rachel Jordan. In Uganda, and many other settings, too few children are learning how to read. In response, countries have embarked on national reading programs....

Making evidence-based decisions: the illusory quest for rigour and certainty- CIES 2018 Presentation

March, 2018
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Matthew Jukes. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have been used increasingly in an effort to reduce uncertainty and improve rigour of impact estimates. However,...

Measuring social and emotional learning of young children in Tanzania

March, 2018
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Matthew Jukes. There is an increased demand for assessments of social and emotional competencies of young children in low- and middle-income countries. These...

Experience implementing non-mother tongue reading: Tusome in Kenya- CIES 2018 Presentation

March, 2018
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Dunston Kwayumba. In many developing countries, subjects are taught and tested in the child’s second or third language. In Kenya, for example, all subjects are...

Letting go of the gradual release model in literacy instruction in Kenya- CIES 2018 Presentation

March, 2018
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Jessica Mejia. The gradual release of responsibility model has been a primary instructional approach in many early grade literacy programs, including the Tusome...

How scripted is too scripted? A mixed-methods analysis of literacy teachers' guides- CIES 2018 Presentation

March, 2018
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Jessica Mejia. In order to understand how literacy programs differ with respect to the amount of scripting in teachers’ guides, we studied teachers’ guide...

Kindergarten in Jordan: data for decision-making- CIES 2018 Presentation

March, 2018
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Katherine Merseth and Manar Shukri. The Minister of Education has requested that USAID Early Grades Reading and mathematics Project (RAMP) assist the Ministry of...

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