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Dowd, Amy Jo
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International Development and Early Learning Assessment Technical Paper
Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) programs help ensure that young children fulfill their right to healthy development and education, and ultimately assist them in reaching their full potential. In the ECCD field, there are few international tool
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IDELA: Fostering Common Solutions for Young Children
Evidence about the importance of learning opportunities in early childhood has been mounting in recent years, culminating with the inclusion of pre-primary education in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Despite the known benefits, global investment
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Assessing the Construct Validity of Save the Children's International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA)
The International Development and Early Learning Assessment (IDELA) was developed by Save the Children to assess early childhood development holistically. It has been used in 30 mostly low- and middle-income countries. High-quality measurement plays a cri
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ECD Evidence for Scale
Using ECD impact evaluation data from six Save the Children ECD programs for children ages 4-6 years in Afghanistan (1), Bangladesh (1), Ethiopia (2), and Rwanda (2), this presentation considers the enabling environment, duration, dosage, and delivery con
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PEPAS Literacy Boost Pakistan Endline Report January 2014
Analyses performed after one year of implementation of Save the Children’s Literacy Boost program through the Program for Establishing Partnership and Stability (PEPAS) in the Battagram District of Pakistan find that reading skill gains were generally lar
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Literacy Boost Philippines: Metro Manila Baseline Report 2013
This report examines the results of a student background survey and reading assessment conducted between September 3rd and 14th, 2012 as part of Save the Children’s (SC)’s Literacy Boost program. The survey and reading assessment covered 261 grade 2 stude
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Literacy Boost Kapilvastu, Nepal: Year 1 Report 2013
Save the Children (SC) began sponsorship-funded programming in the Kapilvastu district, located in the Western Region of Nepal, in 2010 and in 2012 a Literacy Boost baseline assessment was launched in a set of 10 sponsorship schools – five targeted for Li
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Numeracy Boost Pakistan Quetta endline presentation
This slide deck presents the baseline report from the Numeracy Boost project in Quetta, Pakistan, December 2014.
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PEPAS Literacy Boost & Numeracy Boost Baseline Report May 2014
Save the Children initiated its work in the Battagram District of Pakistan through a multisectorial recovery and development program, which focused on earthquake affected vulnerable families. One of the most significant strands of this initiative was “Par
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Literacy Boost Bangladesh: Endline Report 2013
In 2011, Save the Children (SC) began the planning for the 2012 implementation of Literacy Boost in Meherpur District of Bangladesh. This intervention focuses on working with teachers and communities to improve children’s reading skills. A baseline assess
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Emergent Literacy and Math (ELM) Intervention Endline Report November, 2013
Ethiopia is progressing well in education over the last two decades and the country is also at the vanguard of Africa’s move toward improving access to education. Enrollment in primary education has increased from less than 30% twenty years ago to 95.4% (
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Literacy Boost Kapilvastu, Nepal: Baseline Report 2012
Save the Children (SC) began sponsorship-funded programming in the western Kapilvastu district of Nepal in 2010 where children and families had a high level of need and low performance in most child-focused development indicators of education and health s