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Presentations
Presentations | 21 September 2016
Early Grade(s) Reading Assessments: Evolution and Implementation to date
Evolution, coverage, Results, Challenges and opportunities of early grade reading assessments (EGRA).
Presentations | 20 September 2016
Effective Teaching and Education Policy in 11 Sub-Saharan African Countries (Presentation)
This presentation was prepared for the Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference held in Washington, D.C. on 10 March, 2015.
Presentations | 20 September 2016
Presentation on the State of Literacy in Africa
This presentation discusses a desk study which was designed to advance knowledge of which countries have and have not conducted early grade reading assessments, while also providing information on where literacy issues remain critical and where improvement in underway.
Presentations | 20 September 2016
Imagining Humanist Language Policy: Best Practices and Practical Steps for Improving Learning
This presentation was presented by Alison Pflepsen and USAID to provide information about a recently developed resource of use to those working to improve reading and learning outcomes. The presentation discusses how to plan for language use in education. It was presented at CIES on March 10, 2015.
Presentations | 15 September 2016
MobiLiteracy Uganda (MLIT Uganda): Results of a controlled trial of an SMS-based literacy support program aimed at female caregivers
This presentation, based on the Impact evaluation of the MobiLiteracy Uganda program, was delivered at the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week conference in Paris. The presentation highlights the evaluation methodology and raises some important conclusions about evaluating mobile learning programs.
Presentations | 15 September 2016
Tech’n Teachers: Assembling the jigsaw puzzle - but do we even know the picture?
This presentation was given at the 2015 Game Change Summit of the United Methodist Church in Nashville, TN.