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Presentations | 2 May 2019

Getting to ownership and use of information: the case of Uganda in Ministry-led Early Grade Reading Assessment and Action Research [CIES 2019 Presentation]

The USAID/Uganda School Health and Reading Program (SHRP) works through existing Ministry systems to provide reading instruction in 12 local languages and English to over 3,000 primary schools.
Presentations | 2 May 2019

Users, Functions & Findings: The evolution of Classroom Observation tools for literacy instruction in Uganda [CIES 2019 Presentation]

In this CIES 2019 presentation, Rachel Jordan presents how Tangerine Tutor is used to conduct and improve upon classroom observations in the USAID Uganda School Health and Reading Program.
Presentations | 29 April 2019

ACR-Asia Early Childhood Landscape Report [CIES 2019 Presentation]

CIES presentation of Early Childhood Education landscape report for the Asia region under All Children Reading - Asia.
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

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

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 | 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.
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
Briefs | 15 April 2019

Journey to Self-Reliance: Case Study of Early Grade Reading Assessments in the Philippines

Over the course of four years (ending in 2016), the Department of Education (DepEd) in the Philippines grew increasingly self-sufficient at managing all aspects of early grade reading assessments (EGRAs).
Briefs | 15 April 2019

Early Childhood Education: Considerations for Programming Overview

The purpose of this brief is to answer the question: What are the considerations for effective ECE programming in the Asia region? To answer, we focus on the quality and sustainability, including governance and financing, of ECE.