Innovations for Poverty Action
For Evaluating A Remedial Education Program In Ghana
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Amount$250,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/15/2010
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Term24.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
Despite high primary enrollment rates, less than 20 percent of third graders in Ghana are proficient readers. The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), one of QEDC’s peer foundations working in the sector, has approved a $7 million grant to suppor
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.poverty-action.org
Address
101 Whitney Avenue Second Floor, New Haven, CT, 06510, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for implementing and evaluating the impact of a peer-to-peer teaching model in Kenya
Many first, second, and third graders in Kenya are struggling to learn to read. This grant to Innovations for Poverty Action would continue to support the evaluation of a simple, low-cost method to improve reading achievement in which sixth graders tutor
for evaluating a remedial primary school re-entry program in Mali
The grant to Innovations for Poverty Action to evaluate Speed Schools, a particular instructional model in Mali, represents a convergence of QEDC investments and strategies: local capacity building and rigorous assessment. This grant will answer the quest
for evaluating a remedial primary school re-entry program in Mali
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is evaluating Speed Schools in Mali supported by a March 2012 grant from the Foundation. Speed Schools compress the first three years of primary school into one year and bring out-of-school rural children and youth int
