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Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA)
Instruments and Questionnaires | 16 September 2018
Indonesia 2014 EGRA and SSME Instruments
Indonesia 2014: The National Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) and Snapshot of School Management Effectiveness (SSME) Survey Instruments
Briefs | 10 September 2018
Moving the needle on reading achievement in Uganda
This brief presents Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) data from a randomized control trial conducted in conjunction with the USAID/Uganda School Health and Reading Program (SHRP).
Presentations | 9 April 2018
The role of language instruction in schools as a tool among marginalized groups in Kenya- CIES 2018 Presentation
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Ben Piper. This paper examines the influence of Mother Tongue (MT) as a medium of instruction in lower primary schools in 4 zones of Machakos County based on the PRIMR program.
Presentations | 8 April 2018
Understanding whether and how the Tusome program worked: Evidence from the national scale-up of a tested literacy program in Kenya- CIES 2018 Presentation
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Ben Piper. The Tusome national literacy program has been implemented in each of Kenya’s more than 22,000 public primary schools and 1500 low cost private schools in the slums since 2015.
Presentations | 8 April 2018
Letting go of the gradual release model in literacy instruction in Kenya- CIES 2018 Presentation
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Jessica Mejia. The gradual release of responsibility model has been a primary instructional approach in many early grade literacy programs, including the Tusome Early Grade Reading Activity in Kenya.
Presentations | 7 April 2018
Linguistic differences in mother tongue reading performance in Uganda- CIES 2018 Presentation
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Rachel Jordan.
In Uganda, and many other settings, too few children are learning how to read. In response, countries have embarked on national reading programs. Unfortunately, these programs are rarely evaluated rigorously at a large scale.
Presentations | 6 April 2018
The Early Grade Reading Barometer: Increasing access to and use of data on learning outcomes- CIES 2018 Presentation
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Amber Gove and Helen Jang.
The Early Grade Reading Barometer offers a wealth of actionable Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) data to help to change the lives of young children. With 40 datasets from 19 places, the Barometer supports data transparency.
Presentations | 6 April 2018
Persistence and Fadeout of Preschool Effects: Evidence from 16 LMICs- CIES 2018 Presentation
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Amber Gove.
Presentations | 6 April 2018
Jordan RAMP initiative midline survey- CIES 2018 presentation
Jordan RAMP, funded by USAID and UKAID, is a nationwide initiative of the Jordanian Ministry of Education (MoE) designed to improve the reading and mathematics skills of students in kindergarten 2 through grade 3 (K2–G3).
Briefs | 19 March 2018
IE Selected Publications (2015 - 2018)
This is a list of select peer-reviewed publications by International Education staff between 2015 and 2018. For some of the publications, links to information about the documents and related resources can be found on this websiate. Where possible, the DOI has been included in the attached brief.