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Stumbling at the First Step: Efficiency implications of poor performance in the foundational first five years

May, 2017
This paper highlights patterns in school enrollment indicators that affect the efficiency and effectiveness of education systems in a set of low-income countries: those that have expanded access...
Crouch, L. | Merseth, K.

Special Issue--Working to improve: seven approaches to quality improvement in education

February, 2017
A collection of articles on Improvement Science, published in a special issue (Volume 25 Issue 1) of the journal "Quality Assurance in Education". Each article describes one of seven improvement...
Nordstrum, L. | LeMahieu, P. | Bryk, A.

Measurement of Early Childhood Development and Learning under the Sustainable Development Goals

November, 2016
Article published in the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities Volume 17, 2016 - Issue 4: Investing in Early Childhood Development. Published abstract: "Children’s early development serves...
Gove, A. | Black, M.

Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course

October, 2016
Article published in the journal The Lancet Early Childhood Development Series. Published Abstract: "Early childhood development programmes vary in coordination and quality, with inadequate and...
Black, M.

Reading the script: How the scripts and writing systems of Ethiopian languages relate to letter and word identification

September, 2016
Article published in Writing Systems Research. Published Abstract: Reading research suggests that script type and writing systems have a relationship with children’s ability to recognise letters,...
Piper, B. | van Ginkel, A.

Implementing Mother Tongue Instruction in the Real World: Results from a Medium-Scale Randomized Controlled Trial in Kenya

September, 2016
Article published in Comparative Education Review. Published abstract: Research in sub-Saharan Africa investigating the effect of mother tongue (MT) literacy instruction at medium scale is...
Piper, B. | Zuilkowski, S. | Ong'ele, S.

Improving Literacy Instruction in Kenya Through Teacher Professional Development and Text Messages Support: A Cluster Randomized Trial

August, 2016
Article published in Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness. Published abstract: We evaluated a program to improve literacy instruction on the Kenyan coast using training workshops,...
Jukes, M. | Turner, E. | Dubeck, M. | Halliday, K. | Inyega, H. | Wolf, S. | Zuilkowski, S. | Brooker, S.

Does technology improve reading outcomes? Comparing the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of ICT interventions for early grade reading in Kenya

July, 2016
Article published in the International Journal of Educational Development, Volume 49, July 2016, Pages 204–214. Published abstract: Education policymakers are investing in information and...
Piper, B. | Zuilkowski, S. | Kwayumba, D. | Strigel, C.

“I failed, no matter how hard I tried”: A mixed-methods study of the role of achievement in primary school dropout in rural Kenya.

July, 2016
Article published in the International Journal of Education and Development, Volume 50. From Journal abstract: "Initial access to school is nearly universal in Kenya, but many children who enroll...
Zuilkowski, S. | Jukes, M. | Dubeck, M.

Improving procedural and conceptual mathematics outcomes: evidence from a randomised controlled trial in Kenya

March, 2016
Article published in the Journal of Development Effectiveness, Volume 8, 2016 - Issue 3. Published Abstract: To improve learning outcomes, an intervention in Kenya called the Primary Math and...
Piper, B. | Ralaingita, W. | Akach, L. | King, S.

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