Resources
Presentations | 8 March 2023
The mathematical knowledge for teaching survey [CIES 2023 Presentation]
The Mathematics Knowledge for Teaching (MKT) is a short survey (23 items) that measures primary grade teacher knowledge by a) math domains and b) pedagogical and content knowledge. Math domain included Number Sense, Operations, Geometry, and Measurement.
Presentations | 8 March 2023
Understanding Teachers’ Attitudes towards Learning through Play and their Classroom Practice in Kenya, Rwanda and Ghana [CIES 2023 Presentation]
This presentation focused on learning through play-based pedagogies in Kenya, Rwanda and Ghana.
Presentations | 8 March 2023
Examining teacher support and play-based practice in Kenya, Rwanda and Ghana [CIES 2023 Presentation]
While there is growing evidence of the impact of learning through play (LtP) on student outcomes in high-income countries, there is little research linking LtP to learning outcomes in low-and middle-income contexts in primary schools.
Presentations | 8 March 2023
Education system strengthening across Asia: a systematic review of USAID activities and critical discussion [CIES 2023 Panel Presentation]
The purpose of this formal group panel presentation is to hold an in-depth discussion on USAID’s investments into system strengthening across Asia over the past decade and how these efforts are situated within the broader global move to focus more intentionally and coherently on education system str
Presentations | 7 March 2023
Purpose-driven education system transformations: History Lessons from Korea and Japan [CIES 2023 Presentation]
The method used is a historical analysis of the route through which education in Japan and South Korea was framed, and then implemented, in the period starting in 1870 (approximately) in the former and 1945 (approximately but especially after the Korean war) or so in the latter.
Presentations | 7 March 2023
Status of Instruction Study: A snapshot of in-service English teaching preparation and innovation in Uzbekistan [CIES 2023 Presentation]
The Uzbekistan Education for Excellence Program conducted a multi-phased Status of Instruction Study (SIS1 and 2) to understand the resources available and in use by schoolteachers in Uzbekistan.
Presentations | 3 March 2023
Promoting Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom: Evidence for the 'How' [CIES 2023 Presentation]
This presentation featured an SEL Guidebook, which builds on the USAID-commissioned systematic review of SEL.
Presentations | 3 March 2023
The Teacher Professional Support System in Nepal: A case of implementation research informing policy [CIES 2023 Presentation]
In 2014, the Nepal Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology (MOEST) developed a National Early Grade Reading Program (NEGRP), aimed at improving the reading achievement of early-grade students throughout Nepal.
Presentations | 2 March 2023
Strengthening sector capacity for Student Learning Assessment in the context of bilingualism in Senegal [CIES 2023 Presentation]
This presentation on development of an assessment system under Senegal's new bilingual policy includes an explanation of the bilingual policy in Senegal and plans for development of a national assessment system including use of the ANLAS methodology (Analysis of National Learning Assessment Systems)
Presentations | 2 March 2023
Navigating Aid Alternatives: Government-to-Government funding partnerships in Jordan, Senegal, Nepal [CIES 2023 Panel Presentations]
Since 2010, USAID has increased funding to partner country institutions by 50% [1], and the current administration’s localization agenda suggests that the government-to-government (G2G) modality may be increasingly frequent.