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Direct linkZuilkowski, Stephanie Simmons; Piper, Benjamin; Kwayumba, Dunston; Dubeck, Margaret – Journal of Research in Reading, 2019
Background: Governments in low-income countries and donors have invested the equivalent of hundreds of millions of dollars in enhancing reading outcomes. Although reliable measures exist to assess emergent literacy skills in international contexts, there is little consensus on the assessment of reading comprehension. Methods: Using data from 5,389…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Foreign Countries, Private Schools
Download full textStern, Jonathan M. B.; Piper, Benjamin – RTI International, 2019
This paper uses recent evidence from international early grade reading programs to provide guidance about how best to create appropriate targets and more effectively identify improved program outcomes. Recent results show that World Bank and US Agency for International Development-funded large-scale international education interventions in low-…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Reading Programs, Program Design
Piper, Benjamin – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2017
Education researchers working in sub-Saharan Africa have recently and rapidly expanded the availability of evidence related to the impact of educational interventions on learning outcomes, particularly in preprimary and lower primary education (Ganimian & Murnane, 2016; McEwan, 2015; Popova, Evans, & Arancibia, 2016). Awareness that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Improvement, Outcomes of Education, Numeracy
Sowa, Patience; Jordan, Rachel; Ralaingita, Wendi; Piper, Benjamin – RTI International, 2021
To address chronically low primary school completion rates and the disconnect between learners' skills at the end of primary school and the skills learners need to thrive in secondary school identified in many low- and middle-income countries, more investment is needed to improve the quality of teaching and learning in upper primary grades.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Educational Quality, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Competencies
Piper, Benjamin; Sitabkhan, Yasmin; Nderu, Evangeline – Global Education Review, 2018
Given the dearth of research on early numeracy interventions in low- and middle-income countries, this paper presents the instructional methodology and impact results of the Tayari program. Tayari is a preprimary intervention in Kenya (2014-2019) that prepares children aged four and five for entry into primary school by providing materials for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Numeracy, Mathematics Skills
