The latest newsletter of the READ Trust Fund covers the events, objectives and outcomes of the READ program at the third quarter of 2020. The issue focuses on the activities of the Trust Fund and READ in general within this period, provides an overview of conducted and upcoming events, presents current blogs and contemporary issues…
The latest newsletter of the READ Trust Fund covers the events, objectives and outcomes of the READ program at the second quarter of 2020. The issue focuses on the activities of the Trust Fund and READ in general within this period, provides an overview of conducted and upcoming events, presents current blogs and contemporary issues…
The latest newsletter of the READ Trust Fund covers the events, objectives and outcomes of the READ program at the first quarter of 2020. The issue focuses on the activities of the Trust Fund and READ in general within this period, provides an overview of conducted and upcoming events, presents current blogs and contemporary issues…
The latest newsletter of the READ Trust Fund covers the events, objectives and outcomes of the READ program at the fourth quarter of 2019. The issue focuses on the activities of the Trust Fund and READ in general within this period, provides an overview of conducted and upcoming events, presents current blogs and contemporary issues…
The latest newsletter of the READ Trust Fund covers the events, objectives and outcomes of the READ program at the third quarter of 2019. The issue focuses on the activities of the Trust Fund and READ in general within this period, provides an overview of conducted and upcoming events, presents current blogs and contemporary issues…
The latest newsletter of the READ Trust Fund covers the events, objectives and outcomes of the READ program at the second quarter of 2019. The issue focuses on the activities of the Trust Fund and READ in general within this period, provides an overview of passed and upcoming events, presents current blogs and contemporary issues…
The latest newsletter of the READ Trust Fund covers the events, objectives and outcomes of the READ program at the first quarter of 2019. The issue focuses on the activities of the Fund during this period, provides an overview of passed and upcoming events, presents current blogs and debates on education. You can find the…
The newsletter of the READ Trust Fund covers the fourth quarter of 2018. The issue focuses on the activities of the fund during the reporting period, provides an overview of future and past events, presents current blogs and discussions on education.. Newsletter can be found here>>
Although the Ministry of Education and Science supported the 2007 and 2009 NLSA activities, the results were not optimally disseminated to the different stakeholder groups and rarely used in decision-making. In 2014, CEATM’s analysis of the results included disaggregation by subject, languages of instruction (Kyrgyz, Russian, and Uzbek), gender, school location, and region. In addition,…
The newsletter of the READ Trust Fund covers the first quarter of 2018. The issue focuses on the activities of the fund during the reporting period, provides an overview of future and past events, presents current blogs and discussions on education.. Newsletter can be found here>>
The newsletter of the READ Trust Fund covers the second quarter of 2018. The issue focuses on the activities of the fund during the reporting period, provides an overview of future and past events, presents current blogs and discussions on education.. Newsletter can be found here>>
The newsletter of the READ Trust Fund covers the third quarter of 2018. The issue focuses on the activities of the fund during the reporting period, provides an overview of future and past events, presents current blogs and discussions on education.. Newsletter can be found here>>
Established in October 2008, the Russia Education Aid for Development (READ) program has been a collaboration of the Government of the Russian Federation and the World Bank that focuses on improving education quality in low-income countries. The READ trust fund was a part of this program, with an amount of United States (U.S.) 32 million…
A portion of the global work program was dedicated to reviews and research on key topics and issues in the area of student assessment. As part of this work stream, the World Bank Education Note, “Measuring Learning – How Effective Student Assessment Systems Can Help Achieve Learning for All,” and the READ Working Paper, “Review…
Beginning in 2009, and with the ongoing support of the READ Trust Fund, the World Bank and the Governing Board of OECD’s PISA have been working together to find ways to adapt the PISA tests so that low-income countries can more readily benefit from them. As a result of this collaboration, a new reading component…
The READ Trust Fund supported the publication of a five-volume series on key concepts in national assessments of student achievement levels. This series introduces key concepts in national assessments of student achievement levels, from policy issues to address when designing and carrying out assessments through test development, sampling, data cleaning, statistics, report writing, and the…
To help build the evidence base on ways to make PISA more relevant for a wider range of countries, READ support was used to commission two background reports. The first of these, “The Experiences of Middle-Income Countries Participating in PISA, 2000-2015” provides a systematic review of the experiences of 40 middle-income countries that have participated…
Due to technology and other advances, 21st century labor market requirements have shifted from needing workers with educational qualifications for “life-time” jobs to needing workers with strong cognitive and socio-emotional skills who are able to develop the skills needed to do specific jobs that are constantly changing. In 2010, the World Bank launched the STEP…
In 2011, READ Trust Fund support was used to initiate background work for possible SABER domain on learning standards. The work was put out for competitive bid and ultimately awarded to the American Institutes for Research (AIR). Similar to the work carried out on SABER-Student Assessment, the aim was to develop an evidence-based framework and…
SABER highlights key policy choices for government officials and decision makers. The SABER data collection and analysis in each domain are built around an analytical framework that highlights for policymakers and other actors the most important (and actionable) policy choices to spur learning. Each analytical framework is based on an in-depth survey of the most…
SABER-Student Assessment makes available information and tools based on the latest evidence for “what matters most” in creating effective assessment systems. It involves: classifying and analyzing student assessment systems around the world according to key criteria; collecting information on these key criteria by administering a set of questionnaires in a particular country; producing country and…