Presentations | 9 April 2018
National level classroom monitoring: the impact of Kenya Tusome on learning outcomes and accountability: CIES 2018 Presentation
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Ben Piper. Tusome is supporting the Ministry’s systems to increase the utilization of monitoring data, and to expand the accountability structures of the government using the data provided by the national literacy program.
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
Linking literacy and numeracy in Tayari- CIES 2018 Presentation
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Ben Piper. To improve the quality of preprimary education in Kenya, the Ministry of implemented the Tayari program in collaboration with four county governments.
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
Tayari's Longitudinal Endline Results: Program Impact and Implementation Decisions- CIES 2018 Presentation
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Ben Piper. The Kenyan Ministry of Education (MoE) in collaboration with RTI International and the county Governments of Laikipia, Nairobi, Siaya and Uasin Gishu have been piloting the Tayari Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) model since 2014.
Presentations | 8 April 2018
Large-scale reading reform in Uganda: the importance of linguistic differences, implementation, and socio-economic factors in explaining impact- CIES 2018 Presentation
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Rehemah Nabacwa. This evaluation looks at a large scale reading program in Uganda using a randomized control trial to look at the impact of the School Health and Reading (SHRP) program.
Presentations | 8 April 2018
Insights about how cultural differences condition student response on a survey of student perception of school climate- CIES 2018 Presentation
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Peter Muyingo. Education programming worldwide is beginning to include dedicated activities to support a positive school culture.
Presentations | 8 April 2018
Kindergarten in Jordan: data for decision-making- CIES 2018 Presentation
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Katherine Merseth and Manar Shukri.
Presentations | 8 April 2018
How scripted is too scripted? A mixed-methods analysis of literacy teachers' guides- CIES 2018 Presentation
CIES 2018 Presentation, given by Jessica Mejia. In order to understand how literacy programs differ with respect to the amount of scripting in teachers’ guides, we studied teachers’ guide documents from 19 projects in 13 countries.
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.