ERIC Number: ED516080
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Jan-15
Pages: 108
Abstractor: ERIC
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EGRA Plus: Liberia. Program Evaluation Report
Piper, Benjamin; Korda, Medina
RTI International
Building on the success of the Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) as a measurement tool, many countries have begun to show interest in moving away from assessments alone and toward interventions focused on changing teacher pedagogy, and as a result, increasing student reading achievement. Liberia, for example, began an EGRA-based intervention, called EGRA Plus: Liberia, in 2008. The results from the EGRA Plus midterm evaluation showed very promising results on a variety of learning outcomes. This report is an impact evaluation of the EGRA Plus program at project completion, and it presents compelling evidence that a targeted reading intervention focused on improving the quality of reading instruction in primary schools can have a remarkably large impact on student achievement in a relatively limited amount of time. Appendices include: (1) Calibration of Baseline, Midterm, and Final Assessments; and (2) Estimating the Impact of Full and Light Treatment on Outcomes, Disaggregated by Sex and Grade (extracted from differences-in-differences estimates). (Contains 28 tables, 29 figures and 30 footnotes.) [This report was prepared by the Liberian Education Trust.]
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Evaluation, Reading Achievement, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Reading Instruction, Reading Tests, Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education, Gender Differences, Instructional Program Divisions, Educational Quality, Achievement Gains, Elementary School Students
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Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: United States Agency for International Development; RTI International
Identifiers - Location: Liberia
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