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The research involved a review of the existing literature on the contextual factors affecting reading outcomes and analysis of existing LARA and SHRP datasets. The analyses included demographic factors, such as socioeconomic status, but the focus was mainly on predictors of learning outcomes that could be potentially incorporated into future education programming.

Early Grades Reading in Uganda: Contextual Factors that Impact Reading Achievement

LARA’s Theory of Change places school climate in a central role for improved reading and retention.With aims to promote, a positive learning environment, eliminate violence in schools, and increase retention, the Journeys intervention is based on an awareness-based system change model. It engages teaching and non-teaching school staff, community members, and pupils in a variety of activities that promote reflection and discussion about the intersection between a caring and supportive learning environment, positive social and emotional growth and development, and learning outcomes. In 2018, the project embarked on a mixed methods study to evaluate the tenability of this hypothesis and the impact of Journeys in establishing positive and violence-free schools and improving retention and early grade reading (EGR) outcomes. In this study, project schools participated in both Journeys (see above) and also LARA’s EGR intervention.

This report presents key findings of the 2018 national assessment of early grade reading skills in Chichewa, a core language for reading and language development in Malawi. This early grade reading assessment (EGRA) for Standards 1 and 3 was conducted in June 2018 in a nationally representative sample of 86 Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) primary schools. The 1,720 tested students—860 Standard 1 and 860 Standard 3 learners, half boys and half girls in each standard from each school—were randomly selected during visits to each school. The results are nationally representative of Standard 1 and 3 learners of MoEST primary schools in Malawi.