LANGUAGE
English
Presentations | 29 April 2019
Using the EGR Barometer to support benchmark and target setting for reading outcomes (CIES 2019 Presentation)
The Barometer offers a dynamic tool for interactive use of data on early grade reading outcomes.
Presentations | 26 April 2019
A rational approach to evidence-based decision making in education [CIES 2019 Presentation]
There is growing demand for policy based on rigorous evidence. Many consider the strongest evidence to come from studies that identify causality with high internal validity - such as RCTs - and systematic reviews of these studies.
Presentations | 26 April 2019
Setting Reading Benchmarks - Evidence from India [CIES 2019 Presentation]
This presentation is based on an activity that was designed to apply lessons learned and best practices from the recent EGRA Benchmarks and Standards Research Report (RTI International, 2018) to a five-language benchmarking activity for early grade reading in India.
Presentations | 26 April 2019
Testing Two Approaches to Engaging Pre-Primary Parents in Kenya [CIES 2019 Presentation]
The Tayari Program – Getting Children Ready for School is a Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) funded early education program in Kenya with a goal to increase school readiness skills of pre-primary children in Kenya, including sufficient cognitive, physical, social, and emotional well-bein
Presentations | 26 April 2019
Scaling up Early Grade Reading in Uganda [CIES 2019 Presentations]
This panel shared presentations from Uganda government officials and development partners which are collaboratively engaged in the efforts to improve and assess EGR in Uganda’s primary schools.
Presentations | 26 April 2019
Cultivating Dynamic Educators [CIES 2019 Presentation]
This presentation introduces the panel of authors who presented at CIES 2019 about their chapter of the book.
Presentations | 22 April 2019
A national study of over-enrollment and repetition in Primary 1 grade in Uganda: What's the role of pre-primary [CIES 2019 Presentation]
In an optimally efficient education system, all children enroll and complete the primary cycle in a one year to one grade ratio, acquiring basic reading, math and critical thinking skills along the way.
Presentations | 22 April 2019
CIES 2019 Presentation: An examination of executive function skills in primary 1 students from Liberia
Executive functions are a cognitive skill set that underlie our goal-directed, planning, and problem solving behavior, and include the components of working memory, inhibitory control, and cognitive flexibility.
Instruments and Questionnaires | 22 April 2019
Core Early Grades Mathematics Assessment (EGMA) Instrument
Core EGMA instrument in English
Reports | 18 April 2019
2018 Early Grade Reading and Mathematics Initiative (RAMP) Lot Quality Assurance Sampling Assessment
This report summarizes the findings of the 2018 Early Grade Reading and Mathematics Initiative (RAMP) Lot Quality Assurance Sampling Assessment, measuring impact between 2017 and 2018.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and UK Aid have funded RAMP as a national effort de