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SDG 4 Data: Investing Millions Today Will Save Billions in the Future

In many countries, education ministers are like air traffic controllers, who see a storm on the horizon but find that 80% of their navigation instruments are either malfunctioning or non-existent....
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26/01/2018
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Success in Dubai: Pushing Ahead on SDG 4 Data

As we unpack our bags following last week’s meeting of the Technical Cooperation Group (TCG) in Dubai, it seems a good time to unpack our thoughts on the success of the event. Over three days,...
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26/01/2018
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We Need to Re-Boot the Education Sector with Demand-Side Data Innovation

For years, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and many other international agencies have been assisting countries in producing better education data, which are needed more than ever. The...
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12/01/2018
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Quality Data to Ensure a Quality Education for Every Child

The SDG 4 Data Digest sets out a roadmap for countries and donors to produce quality data The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with their strong emphasis on inclusion and equity, compel us to...
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05/12/2017
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Building Bridges to Link Global and National Learning Assessments

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is working to develop reporting scales to help governments monitor student learning in mathematics and reading over time and make good use of the resulting...
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29/11/2017
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Measuring Functional Literacy and Numeracy for Lifelong Learning

As the Fourth Meeting of the Global Alliance to Monitor Learning (GAML) gets underway in Madrid, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) explores how best to measure functional literacy and...
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28/11/2017
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How to Harmonize Regional and International Learning Assessments

This blog was also published by the IBE. As education stakeholders, including governments, assessment initiatives and donors gather in Madrid for the Fourth Meeting of the Global Alliance to Monitor...
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27/11/2017
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A Quick Win in Monitoring How Much Children Learn

The news that more than more than half – 617 million - children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age worldwide are not reaching minimum proficiency levels in reading and...
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08/11/2017
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