In Rwanda, Literacy Boost is part of the Advancing the Right to Read Programme, which aims to ensure that all children leave school with solid foundations in literacy. To provide more rigorous analysis and a stronger evidence base concerning the effective

This report examines the results of a learner background survey and reading assessment conducted in June 2013 as part of a Save the Children sponsorship baseline data collection. The report analyzes data from a survey and reading assessment covering 383 g

Literacy Boost is Save the Children’s innovative, evidence-based program to support the development of reading skills in young children. Literacy Boost holistically pursues the goal of literacy by using assessments to identify gaps and measure improvement

This report examines the results of a learner background survey and reading assessment conducted from January to February in 2013 as part of the USAID All Children Reading Grand Challenge. It also includes a section on slow learner learning challenges. Th

In 2011, Save the Children (SC) began implementing the second year of the Literacy Boost (LB) program. The program, designed to improve reading skills for early grade students, focuses on working with teachers, parents, and community members, as well as p

Save the Children's presentation at the All Children Reading Workshop, Kigali, Rwanda, in March 2012. It reviews the major issues and overall challenges to learning to read, including the necessary reading skills, active learning methodologies, mother ton

In 2010, Save the Children began implementing the Literacy Boost program – an intervention focused on working with teachers and communities to improve children’s reading skills – in Oromia Region, Dendi District of Ethiopia. The Literacy Boost assessment

This report examines the results of a primary school learner background survey and reading assessment conducted in April 2012. The survey and reading assessment covered 595 standard 2 learners throughout 30 schools in World Vision Malawi's Matope, Midzemb

Literacy Boost is Save the Children’s innovative, evidence-based program to support the development of reading skills in young children. Literacy Boost holistically pursues the goal of literacy by: using assessments to identify gaps and measure improvemen

This report shares the reading assessment results of 550 1st and 2nd grade (Primary 1 and 2) students in 19 CHANCE centers and 8 comparison government schools in Amuru, Uganda. At the writing of this report, the 19 CHANCE centers are preparing to pilot Li

Since 2007, Save the Children has been introducing program-focused early grade reading assessments in selected basic education programs.This report explores the validity of an early grades reading assessment in Bangla, and examines baseline reading abilit