Effectiveness of Teachers’ Guides in the Global South: Scripting, Learning Outcomes, and Classroom Utilization
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Effectiveness of Teachers’ Guides in the Global South: Scripting, Learning Outcomes, and Classroom Utilization

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This report presents the results of RTI International Education’s study on teachers' guides across 13 countries and 19 projects. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, the report examines how teachers’ guides…

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USAID landscape Report on Early Grades’ Literacy
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USAID landscape Report on Early Grades’ Literacy

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The goal of this landscape report is to review and summarize available empirical evidence on early grade literacy acquisition and instruction in developing countries. The review also clearly indicated that…

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Does Technology Improve Reading Outcomes? Comparing the Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of ICT Interventions for Early Grade Reading in Kenya
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Does Technology Improve Reading Outcomes? Comparing the Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of ICT Interventions for Early Grade Reading in Kenya

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The Kenya Primary Math and Reading (PRIMR) study implemented a randomized controlled trial comparing the effects and cost of three interventions – e-readers for students, tablets for teachers, and the…

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Does Computer-aided Instruction Improve Children’s Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills?: Evidence from Cambodia
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Does Computer-aided Instruction Improve Children’s Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills?: Evidence from Cambodia

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EdTech, Computer, Teacher This paper examines the causal effect of computer-aided instruction (CAI) on children's cognitive and non-cognitive skills. A clustered-randomized controlled trials was conducted at five elementary schools near…

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The impact of Jalan Sesama on the Educational and Healthy Development of Indonesian Preschool Children: An Experimental Study
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The impact of Jalan Sesama on the Educational and Healthy Development of Indonesian Preschool Children: An Experimental Study

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Jalan Sesama was developed to address the developmental needs of Indonesian children ages 3 to 6 years. Using a randomized experimental research study design, this study examined the effect of…

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How to Improve Education Outcomes Most Efficiently?

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Learn and compare about the the effectiveness (and cost-effectiveness, where cost is available) of interventions from 150 impact evaluations across 46 countries. The results show that some of the most…

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It‘s All About MeE: Using Structured Experiential Learning (“e”) to Crawl the Design Space
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It‘s All About MeE: Using Structured Experiential Learning (“e”) to Crawl the Design Space

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Deep-dive into structured experiential learning which allows implementing agencies to actively and rigorously search across alternative project designs using the monitoring data that provides real-time performance information with direct feedback…

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The Limits of Accounting-Based Accountability in Education (and Far Beyond): Why More Accounting Will Rarely Solve Accountability Problems
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The Limits of Accounting-Based Accountability in Education (and Far Beyond): Why More Accounting Will Rarely Solve Accountability Problems

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The paper argues that introducing greater accounting-based accountability will only very rarely be the appropriate solution for addressing accountability problems. It illustrates this by exploring the role of Accountability ICT…

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What Is State Capacity?
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What Is State Capacity?

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This paper provides a framework for thinking about the problem as a series of interdependent principal-agent relationships in complex organizations, where one type of actor, the agent, takes actions on…

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