The last decades have seen an impressive growth in school participation in developing countries. As countries have made remarkable progress towards universal primary school completion, the focus in the development community has shifted to reaching the most disadvantaged populations, and improving the quality of education. Is school access truly universal? And now that most children are in school, do we know whether they are actually learning?
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Long Path to Achieving Education for All: School Access, Retention, and Learning in 20 Countries
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2014
Keywords: Education for all, access, learning, retention, DHS, MICS, SACMEQ, SERCE, PIRLS, PASEC
2013 Newsletter - October
Type: News Archive
Year of Publishing: 2013
Keywords: projections, education trends 2000-2025, egypt, myanmar, liberia, honduras, data notes, extractions
EPDC announces the update of its 2000-2025 country education trends projections, and releases a policy brief and detailed methodology to accompany; new household survey data Honduras and Gabon, new administrative data for Myanmar, Egypt, and Liberia, and new learning outcomes data; also announced is the recent addition of the Data Notes section of the website, as well as notes documents for all countries and household surveys.
2013 Newsletter 1 - June
Type: News Archive
Year of Publishing: 2013
Keywords: Measurement, access, participation, out of school profiles, learning outcomes, ASER, UWEZO, EGRA
This newsletter announces the release of Out of School Children: Data Challenges in Measuring Access to Education by Carina Omoeva, Benjamin Sylla, Rachel Hatch and Charles Gale. It also announces the release of EPDC's newest profile series on out of school children, based on household surveys and for the 7-14 age group. Additionally, recently added learning outcomes and data updates to the EPDC database.
Opportunity to Learn: A high impact strategy for improving educational outcomes in developing countries
This book includes a chapter which frames the research questions and the issues around opportunity to learn; a chapter outlining the research methodology; a synthesis of the case study findings; a chapter on the resource wastage OTL leads to; and the five case studies. This research demonstrates that students need both quality instruction and time to learn to read.
Opportunity to Learn: A high impact strategy for improving educational outcomes in developing countries
This book includes a chapter which frames the research questions and the issues around opportunity to learn; a chapter outlining the research methodology; a synthesis of the case study findings; a chapter on the resource wastage OTL leads to; and the five case studies. This research demonstrates that students need both quality instruction and time to learn to read.
Opportunity to Learn: A high impact strategy for improving educational outcomes in developing countries
This book includes a chapter which frames the research questions and the issues around opportunity to learn; a chapter outlining the research methodology; a synthesis of the case study findings; a chapter on the resource wastage OTL leads to; and the five case studies. This research demonstrates that students need both quality instruction and time to learn to read.
EQUIP2 State-of-the-Art Knowledge in Education: School Report Cards
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2012
Keywords: EQUIP2 State-of-the-Art Knowledge in Education: School Report Cards, lessons learned, Namibia, Brazil, Ghana
Effective parent and community participation in education requires that they have knowledge of their children’s educational needs and are empowered to act on that knowledge. One promising innovation for encouraging parent and community participation to improve learning in the education sector is the School Report Card.
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Examining the Role of International Achievement Tests in Education Policy Reform
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2012
Keywords: achievement, tests, education reform, student learning
This education policy paper was undertaken to identify, both for ‘developing’ countries and donors who support education in these countries, best practices in education policy reform that are believed to contribute to improvements in student learning outcomes with a focus on increasing equity in performance among student populations. This paper uses as a point of departure five country cases where student learning, as measured by scores on one or more international achievement tests, has increased over time.
Examining the Role of International Achievement Tests in Education Policy Reform
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2012
Keywords: achievement, tests, education reform, student learning
This education policy paper was undertaken to identify, both for ‘developing’ countries and donors who support education in these countries, best practices in education policy reform that are believed to contribute to improvements in student learning outcomes with a focus on increasing equity in performance among student populations. This paper uses as a point of departure five country cases where student learning, as measured by scores on one or more international achievement tests, has increased over time.
EQUIP2 Final Report
After nine years of implementation, EQUIP2’s breadth and depth have been far greater than the designers had anticipated. With 32 associate awards in 20 countries, extensive research conducted in numerous topical areas, and 81 publications totaling 2,141 pages, the project has become a key tool for the expansion of USAID’s education portfolio and expertise in the policy arena.
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