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Briefs | 19 March 2018
IE Selected Publications (2015 - 2018)
This is a list of select peer-reviewed publications by International Education staff between 2015 and 2018. For some of the publications, links to information about the documents and related resources can be found on this websiate. Where possible, the DOI has been included in the attached brief.
Publications | 8 March 2018
Worldwide Inequality and Poverty in Cognitive Results: Cross-sectional Evidence and Time-based Trends
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for education represent a major departure from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - at least if educational leaders act seriously in their pursuit - in at least two important respects.
First, the goals now pertain to learning outcomes.
Presentations | 8 March 2018
Introducing EF Touch (Presentation)
Executive Function (EF) refers to a range of cognitive skills that are key to problem solving and a child's ability to “learn how to learn.” These skills experience an important growth period during early childhood; thus, between 2005 and 2010, researches at the University of North Carolina designed
Briefs | 25 February 2018
Tangerine: Evaluaciones Móbiles de Manera Sencilla
Tangerine overview in Spanish
Reports | 23 February 2018
ACR-Asia: Research Report: Investing in Early Grade Reading in Lower and Middle-income Countries in Asia
USAID/Washington, via the All Children Reading (ACR)—Asia task order, commissioned RTI International to conduct research on whether lower and middle-income countries in Asia should invest in early grade reading.
Reports | 23 February 2018
All Children Reading-Asia: EGRA Benchmarks and Standards Research Report
The Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) is widely used to assess reading proficiency in developing countries. Benchmarks were introduced to simplify EGRA results into a single indicator against which countries could measure their children’s reading progress.
Literature Reviews and Desk Studies | 1 February 2018
Measures of quality through classroom observation for the Sustainable Development Goals: Lessons from low-and-middle-income countries
Background paper prepared for the 2016 Global Education Monitoring Report Education for people and planet: Creating sustainable futures for all
With the adoption of the United Nations General Assembly’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), global education agencies are grappling with how quality c
In the News and Impact Stories | 23 January 2018
Principles for Digital Development - Tangerine: Mobile Assessments Made Easy
This case study was selected by the Digital Principles for Development as a model illustrating the principles of "design with the user in mind" and "be data driven".
In the News and Impact Stories | 2 January 2018
RTI International wins 2018 Digital Edge 50 award for education tool
RTI International has been honored with a 2018 Digital Edge 50 Award for being a leader in digital innovation.
Presentations | 13 November 2017
Using ICT to support evidence-informed instruction [Presentation]
This presentation was delivered by Wendi Ralaingita at the Open Learning Exchange (OLE) conference in Kathmandu, Nepal (November 2017). It provides an overview of RTI's evidence-based approach to ICT integration, based largely on the Improvement Science literature, particularly Edward Deming.