Literacy & Numeracy Boost Bangladesh Endline April 2014

This report examines the results of a student background survey and reading and math assessment conducted at two points in time as part of Save the Children’s Literacy and Numeracy Boost program. The survey and assessment were originally conducted as a baseline assessment of 1531 grade 2 students throughout 86 schools in the Meherpur Sadar and Gangni sub-districts (upazilas) of Bangladesh in spring 2013. The same survey and assessment were also conducted as an endline assessment in spring 2014 to follow up with as many of the original students assessed at baseline as could be found (1274 students from 85 of the 86 schools).

The results have implications for further development and implementation of Literacy and Numeracy Boost programmes in the region, in particular the implication that participation in Literacy Boost may influence Numeracy Boost outcomes.