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How to ensure marginalised learners don’t remain behind

The Uwezo report of 2016 showed that nationally only 3 out of 10 (30%) of learners in grade 3...
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Expanding understanding of the use of Large-Scale Assessments for educational improvement 

Earlier this year, the World Bank released the publication Primer on Large-Scale Assessments...
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Learning what early learners learn: a citizen-led assessment approach

Understanding the process of learning in the early years enables educators to provide...
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It is time to return to learning

It has now been a year since schools started closing all around the world to try to contain...

Understanding the ICAN Foot Soldiers

Vincent is one of the more than 800 volunteers that traversed 779 rural communities across 13...

The Day I Learnt to Read the Word “Refineries.”

In readiness for my holiday visits to my aunt, I remember spending time to master how to read...

Building Back Better with Communities at the Center

Effort to provide quality learning experiences at home is paramount. We must invest to reduce...

South Asia’s Progress in Tracking Basic Numeracy with a New Assessment

There has been a global shift in focus towards the quality of education under the Sustainable...

International Common Assessment of Numeracy (ICAN) – Tracking Learning in South Asia

Citizen-Led Assessments (CLAs), like the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) in India and...

Learning to Navigate the World by Starting with Basic Numeracy

PAL Network has shown us the way – the large-scale assessment conducted in 13 countries...

International Common Assessment of Numeracy and COVID-19 Crisis

This innovation comes at an opportune time, when the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in school...

One size does not fit all: The reality of the age-grade principle of schooling in the Global South

As the world anticipates a major crisis in education in the aftermath of the global COVID-19...