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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....

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...

Tayari's Longitudinal Endline Results: Program Impact and Implementation Decisions- CIES 2018 Presentation

March, 2018
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Ben Piper. The Kenyan Ministry of Education (MoE) in collaboration with RTI International and the county Governments of Laikipia, Nairobi, Siaya and Uasin Gishu...

Understanding whether and how the Tusome program worked: Evidence from the national scale-up of a tested literacy program in Kenya- CIES 2018 Presentation

March, 2018
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Ben Piper. The Tusome national literacy program has been implemented in each of Kenya’s more than 22,000 public primary schools and 1500 low cost private schools...

Linking literacy and numeracy in Tayari- CIES 2018 Presentation

March, 2018
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Ben Piper. To improve the quality of preprimary education in Kenya, the Ministry of implemented the Tayari program in collaboration with four county governments....

The role of language instruction in schools as a tool among marginalized groups in Kenya- CIES 2018 Presentation

March, 2018
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Ben Piper. This paper examines the influence of Mother Tongue (MT) as a medium of instruction in lower primary schools in 4 zones of Machakos County based on the...

National level classroom monitoring: the impact of Kenya Tusome on learning outcomes and accountability: CIES 2018 Presentation

March, 2018
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Ben Piper. Tusome is supporting the Ministry’s systems to increase the utilization of monitoring data, and to expand the accountability structures of the...

Persistence of pre-primary programs in Kenya: Evaluating how Tayari's program impacts change over time and into primary school- CIES 2018 Presentation

March, 2018
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Ben Piper. While there has been recent evidence pointing to the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of pre-primary interventions, there remains little known about how...

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