Recent education projections from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report show that the world is far off track from achieving educational outcomes under Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4). Education enrollment projections, which use past data to predict future trends, are frequently used to set targets and establish expectations for progress.
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Measurement
Measuring education progress to ensure no one is left behind
Jane Sullivan, Program Officer, EPDC
EPDC provides guidance on the operationalization of equity measurement in Chapter 3 of the Handbook on Measuring Equity in Education, produced by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
New Household Survey Data from DHS and MICS
The Education Policy and Data Center (EPDC) has just updated its database with education indicators from recent rounds of household surveys from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS). The updates mean data is now available at epdc.org for the following countries and years: India 2015 (DHS), Senegal 2015 (DHS), Ethiopia 2016 (DHS), Armenia 2016 (DHS), and Paraguay 2016 (MICS).
Household Survey Data Updates
EPDC has updated its database with some of the most recent household survey data published by DHS and MICS.
January 2016 Household Survey Data Updates
Charles Gale, Research Associate
What Household Surveys Tell Us About Education
This post originally appeared on the Global Partnership for Education's Education for All blog on September 29, 2014. You can see the original post here.
Literacy data: more, but not always better (part 2 of 2)
Literacy data: more, but not always better (part 2 of 2)
Elizabeth Buckner, Research Associate, EPDC; Rachel Hatch, Research Associate, EPDC
Literacy data: more, but not always better (part 1 of 2)
Literacy data: more, but not always better
Elizabeth Buckner, Research Associate, EPDC; Rachel Hatch, Research Associate, EPDC
Learning outcomes indicator changes, part 2
Learning outcomes indicator changes, part 2
Rachel Hatch, Research Associate, Education Policy and Data CenterHugo Van Dyke, Intern, Education Policy and Data Center
Filling in the Blanks: Estimating the Total Number of Out of School Children in Sub-Saharan Africa
Filling in the Blanks: Estimating the Total Number of Out of School Children
Carina Omoeva, Director, Education Policy and Data Center
Charles Gale, Research Associate, Education Policy and Data Center
Hugo Van Dyke, Intern, Education Policy and Data Center