Presentations | 19 March 2017
Examination of Over-Enrollment, Repetition, and ECD Access in Uganda [Presentation]
[Presentation delivered at CIES 2017]. Education system data has indicated a pattern of over-enrollment in the early grades in some low-income countries.
Presentations | 19 March 2017
Theory based evaluation in Kenya: Using research to inform national scale implementation
Presentation delivered at CIES 2017 (Atlanta).
Presentations | 17 March 2017
Malawi Early Grade Reading Activity: Scripting Study Report (Presentation)
Presentation delivered at CIES 2017 (Atlanta).
Presentations | 17 March 2017
Low-cost, familiar tech for teacher support: Evidence from a SMS campaign for early grade teachers in Malawi
Presentation delivered at CIES2017 (Atlanta). Providing teachers guidance, mentorship and encouragement in between formal, face-to-face trainings or coaching sessions is challenging.
Presentations | 16 March 2017
Relationships Between Coach Support and Teacher Instructional Practices Preliminary Findings from the Nigeria Reading and Access Research Activity (RARA)
Presentation delivered at CIES2017 (Atlanta).
Presentations | 15 March 2017
Prospects and Challenges in Scaling up Mother Tongue Curriculum Development and Implementation in Multilingual Environment: Experiences from Ethiopia
Presentation delivered at CIES 2017 (Atlanta). A number of linguistically diverse countries are embarked on providing their children with Mother Tongue (MT) instruction to enhance educational quality.
Presentations | 14 March 2017
The Power of Instructional Support: Using Existing Systems to Change Teacher Behavior in Kenya
Presentation delivered at CIES 2017 (Atlanta). Instructional support is essential in the process of creating and supporting instructional change. Educational quality improvement is the elusive goal for many recent literacy improvement programs and strategies.
Presentations | 10 March 2017
CIES 2017 Presentation: Measurement of early reading under the SDGs
Measurement of learning is central to the Sustainable Development Goals for education, both in early primary (grade 2/3) and in early childhood (under the age of 5) (IAEG 2016).
Presentations | 8 March 2017
READ TA Ethiopia Assistive Technology Capacity Building Initiative - CIES 2017 presentation
This presentation is an overview of the Assistive Technology Capacity Building Initiative (ATCBI) implemented by RTI International under the USAID-funded READ TA project in Ethiopia.
Presentations | 21 February 2017
Learning Outcomes Assessments and Numeracy With Reference to Early Grade Numeracy in Low Income Countries (Presentation)
The focus of this desk study is to provide information on the assessment of early numeracy learning outcomes as an integral part of efforts aimed at increasing education quality in low income countries.