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National Assessment of Safety, Gender, and Inclusion in Early Grade Reading Environments, March 2018

March, 2018
Foundational to children’s learning to read are school learning environments that enable students to reach their potential in a setting that is safe, gender-responsive, inclusive, and supportive...

Can learning be measured universally? CIES 2018 presentation

March, 2018
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Luis Crouch. Given the prominence of learning and quality in the SDGs, much discussion has gone into how to measure in a manner that is reasonably comparable. Some...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Large-scale reading reform in Uganda: the importance of linguistic differences, implementation, and socio-economic factors in explaining impact- CIES 2018 Presentation

March, 2018
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Rehemah Nabacwa. This evaluation looks at a large scale reading program in Uganda using a randomized control trial to look at the impact of the School Health and...

Early Grade Reading and Mathematics Initiative: KG Data for Decision-Making: Phase II National Survey of Families

March, 2018
The Kingdom of Jordan’s Human Resource Development (HRD) Strategy mandates the universal provision of kindergarten (KG2) by 2025. The HRD Strategy emphasizes using partnerships between the...

Moving the needle on reading achievement in Uganda

March, 2018
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). SHRP...

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