Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA)

Has reading achievement increased as a result of the USAID/Uganda School Health and Reading Program interventions?

Has reading achievement increased as a result of the USAID/Uganda School Health and Reading Program interventions?

To what extent did the Uganda School Health and Reading Program interventions1 improve early grade reading and the teaching of early grade reading in USAID/Uganda-supported primary schools over the course of the 2013 academic year?

This report summarizes the findings from a baseline assessment that was conducted in February and March, 2013 to determine the current status of reading achievement in the schools in which the School Health and Reading Program will be working, as well as achievement in “control” schools that will be

NORC at the University of Chicago is conducting a quasi- experimental impact evaluation of the NEGRP.

Briefer: Final Early Grade Reading Assessment Results from the USAID/Uganda School Health and Reading Program.

The Early Grade Reading Barometer is an interactive dashboard that lets you: - SEE an overview of how well students are reading, the percentage of struggling readers, and how comprehension is associated with reading fluency. - VIEW information about student performance on EGRA subtasks.

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.

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.

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.