Resources
Briefs | 25 September 2018
One-page Brief on Electronic Vision and Hearing Screening Applications
Peek Acuity and hearScreen® are mobile, electronic screening tools that provide data on vision and hearing impairments.
Presentations | 25 September 2018
Carmen Strigel Presentation on RTI Screening Technology Experiences
Presentation by Carmen Strigel, Director, Technology for Education and Training, RTI International. Delivered at the RTI Panel Discussion "Vision and Hearing Screening in LMICs: Challenges and Opportunities" held Wed, September 26, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
Presentations | 25 September 2018
Kristen Layton Presentation on Eye Health Initiatives
Presentation by Kristen Layton, Director, Strategy, Innovation and Learning Unit, Perkins International. Delivered at the RTI Panel Discussion "Vision and Hearing Screening in LMICs: Challenges and Opportunities" held Wed, September 26, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
Publications | 17 September 2018
Measuring Executive Function Skills in Young Children in Kenya
Interest inmeasuring executive function skills in young children in lowand
middle-income country contexts has been stymied by the lack of
assessments that are both easy to deploy and scalable.
Instruments and Questionnaires | 16 September 2018
Indonesia 2014 EGRA and SSME Instruments
Indonesia 2014: The National Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) and Snapshot of School Management Effectiveness (SSME) Survey Instruments
Briefs | 10 September 2018
Moving the needle on reading achievement in Uganda
This brief presents Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) data from a randomized control trial conducted in conjunction with the USAID/Uganda School Health and Reading Program (SHRP).
Briefs | 13 August 2018
Early Mathematics Counts: Promising Instructional Strategies for Low- and Middle- Income Countries
There is a large body of evidence substantiating the importance of mathematical
literacy and the key role of foundational mathematics in early years of education
on later academic outcomes (Duncan et al., 2007; Duncan & Magnuson, 2011;
Hanushek & Woessmann, 2008; Siegler et al., 2012).
In the News and Impact Stories | 10 August 2018
Long summer holidays are bad for children, especially the poor [The Economist]
This article in The Economist cites RTI researcher Benjamin Piper, and an article he co-authored with RTI colleague Timothy Slade on summer learning loss in Malawi.
Publications | 30 July 2018
Early Mathematics Counts: Promising Instructional Strategies for Low- and Middle- Income Countries
This paper examines common instructional strategies in early grade mathematics interventions through a review of studies in classrooms in low- and middle-income countries.
Reports | 28 June 2018
Jordan Kindergarten Data for Decision Making
This report presents findings of a national survey of parents regarding enrollment in preprimary education (kindergarten) in Jordan. The findings are surprising because they suggest that the real enrollment rate is significantly higher than what government statistics indicate.