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Zuilkowski, 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
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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