October 21-23 2019 a 10th meeting of BE2 working group took place at Washington D.C., USA. Building Evidence in Education (BE2) is a donor working group, launched in 2012. BE2’s aim is to establish how evidence on education is currently curated and used and make recommendations to ensure evidence is properly curated to reach key decision makers at…
Kenglin Lai Assessment of student learning is essential to improving learning outcomes. While implementing assessments and getting results are the necessary first steps on the journey to improvement, turning those results into real actionable steps is what will actually impact children and their learning. On behalf of the World Bank’s Mongolia education team, on July…
Every once in a while we go in for a medical checkup, and the doctor runs tests to monitor our health. Based on the results, the physician can prescribe necessary medicine, evaluate the effectiveness of treatment, identify risk factors, and suggest preventive measures to improve our health. Now, consider what would happen if the results…
October 2-4 2019 experts of the Center for International Cooperation in Education Development (CICED) took part in a study tour: “Learning assessments: How to use data for policy making purposes?” that was organized in frames of READ program and with support from READ Trust Fund and READ RAS. The event was held at the headquarters of OECD (Organization for…
The READ 2 RAS Program continues to support Russia in developing the capacity of education experts and researchers. Since its launch, the program has focused on the following activities: The Eurasian Association for Educational Assessment (EAOKO) network. EAOKO hosts an annual conference that brings together the main actors from the community of education quality experts…
As the READ 2 Trust Fund grant recipient countries continue implementing their projects, country teams share their recent activities and achievements, as well as plans for the next three months… The detailed information is in the READ Trust Fund Newsletter September 2019.