Tag Archives: learning assessments

Counting the cost of COVID-19 on learning in rural Kenya

Posted on 11 May 2021 by GEM Report

By Dr Junaid Mubeen, Director of Education at Whizz Education Learning loss has floated into the lexicon of educators, as we reckon with the consequences of COVID-19 on students’ academic progress. It can be defined in multiple ways. At Whizz … Continue reading →

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South Asia’s progress in tracking basic numeracy with a new assessment

Posted on 9 September 2020 by GEM Report

By Steffi Elizabeth Thomas, Senior Research Associate, Pratham Education Foundation-ASER Centre, India and Waqas Imran, Data Analyst, Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA), Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), Pakistan There has been a global shift in focus towards the quality of education under … Continue reading →

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The learning assessment market: pointers for countries – part 2

Posted on 20 May 2019 by GEM Report

By Silvia Montoya, Director, UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and Luis Crouch, Senior Economist, RTI International [1] In a previous blog, we argued that the market for learning assessment is very inefficient and therefore warrants public action. As things stand: More than … Continue reading →

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The learning assessment market: pointers for countries – part 1

Posted on 26 April 2019 by GEM Report

By Silvia Montoya, Director, UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) and Luis Crouch, Senior Economist, RTI International [1] Measuring learning outcomes is key to the Sustainable Development Goal for education (SDG 4). There are about a dozen indicators that measure learning … Continue reading →

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