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Longitudinal impacts of the medium-scale Tayari pre-primary intervention in Kenya: Resisting fadeout effects? [CIES 2019 Presentation]

May, 2019
This presentation shares findings from a longitudinal study of the Kenya Tayari program, examining whether ECD effects persisted into primary school, presented by Dr. Benjamin Piper at CIES 2019.
Dr Benjamin Piper | Merseth, K.

Pilot research to large scale practice: Kenya’s path to a national literacy program underpinned by evidence [CIES 2019 Presentation]

May, 2019
At CIES 2019, Dr. Benjamin Piper reflected on the use of experimental and implementation research to inform the scale-up and success of the USAID Tusome Early Grade Reading Activity in Kenya.
Dr Benjamin Piper

Training teachers or robots: Unexpected findings of a 7-country teacher professional development study [CIES 2019 Presentation]

May, 2019
This presentation unpacks findings from a seven-country teacher professional development study, presented by Dr. Benjamin Piper and Jessica Mejia at CIES 2019.
Dr Benjamin Piper | Mejia, J.

Users, Functions & Findings: The evolution of Classroom Observation tools for literacy instruction in Uganda [CIES 2019 Presentation]

May, 2019
In this CIES 2019 presentation, Rachel Jordan presents how Tangerine Tutor is used to conduct and improve upon classroom observations in the USAID Uganda School Health and Reading Program.
Jordan, R.

Getting to ownership and use of information: the case of Uganda in Ministry-led Early Grade Reading Assessment and Action Research [CIES 2019 Presentation]

May, 2019
The USAID/Uganda School Health and Reading Program (SHRP) works through existing Ministry systems to provide reading instruction in 12 local languages and English to over 3,000 primary schools. A...
Tracy Brunette

Benefits (and Costs) of improved data for tracking SDG4 [CIES 2019 Presentation]

May, 2019
There is an abundance of research about the costs of measuring the SDGs. Institutions with the mandate to measure the SDGs are busy estimating costs and making plans to improve both reporting and...
Crouch, L.

Small non-residential trainings vs. large residential training: Findings from action research in Uganda [CIES 2019 Presentation]

May, 2019
The USAID-funded Uganda School Health and Reading Program (SHRP), implemented by RTI International, has been training teachers in Early Grade Reading (EGR) methods since early 2013. Up until 2018,...
Tiguryera, S.

Instructional coaching and literacy improvement at national scale: Lessons from Kenya’s Tusome early grade reading activity [CIES 2019 Presentation]

May, 2019
The Tusome Early Grade Reading Activity is USAID’s flagship education program in Kenya. This CIES 2019 presentation shares the findings from research currently in progress to analyze Tusome’s 2017...
Slade, T.

Tayari Parent Engagement Pilot Intervention Summary Report

May, 2019
Children’s development is significantly attributed to their experiences at home, from birth through the early years of schooling, and responsive caregiving from early on has a significant impact...
Gatuyu, C. | Henny, C. | Jordan, R. | Weathorholt, T.

ACR-Asia Early Childhood Landscape Report [CIES 2019 Presentation]

April, 2019
CIES presentation of Early Childhood Education landscape report for the Asia region under All Children Reading - Asia.
Merseth, K. | Sitabkhan, Y. | Weatherholt, T. | Spratt, J.

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