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In the News and Impact Stories | 24 September 2023

Jordan Early Grade Assessment Framework The Early Grade Reading and Math Initiative (RAMP)

In 2021, Jordan’s Ministry of Education (MOE) is committed to modernizing education assessment and enhancing learning outcomes.
In the News and Impact Stories | 3 August 2021

Learning Continuity Innovations

Learning Community Innovations, an Emerging Good Practice Digest. March 2021 Digest No. 1. Includes parent engagement successes.
In the News and Impact Stories | 2 March 2020

Is It Possible to Improve Learning at Scale? Reflections on the Process of Identifying Large-Scale Successful Education Interventions

Improving learning outcomes at scale is hard. That may seem obvious, but only recently have policymakers and donors become aware of just how dire—and broad—the learning crisis is.
In the News and Impact Stories | 2 March 2020

Guiding Teachers Rather than Scripting Them

It is difficult to imagine an effective teacher who does not have mastery of the content nor command of the pedagogical skills needed to teach literacy. Yet many teachers, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, lack these very skills.
In the News and Impact Stories | 26 December 2018

Successes from Tayari ECD Program in Kenya

‘Tayari’, a Swahili word meaning ‘ready’, aims to increase the proportion of pre-primary children transiting to primary school with requisite school readiness competencies. The expected result of the Tayari pilot program is improved learning outcomes.
In the News and Impact Stories | 10 August 2018

Long summer holidays are bad for children, especially the poor [The Economist]

This article in The Economist cites RTI researcher Benjamin Piper, and an article he co-authored with RTI colleague Timothy Slade on summer learning loss in Malawi.
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 | 17 January 2018

Significant improvements recorded in early grade students' performance

The following article from the Jordan Times describes positive results of the USAID and DFID co-funded RAMP program implemented by RTI in Jordan.
In the News and Impact Stories | 5 January 2018

Protection of children from all forms of violence including corporal punishment [Ministry circular]

This circular from the Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) describes a new mandatory requirement under the "National Strategy and Action Plan on Violence Against Children in Schools (VACiS), the Reporting, Tracking, Referral and Response (RTRR) Guidelines on Violence Against Children in S
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.