Pratham USA
For Support Of The Network Of Organizations Implementing Citizen-led Assessments
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Amount$250,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/12/2013
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Term36 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
Pratham’s Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) has catalyzed international attention to India’s learning crisis by mobilizing volunteers to visit hundreds of thousands of households across the country and test whether children can read and do basic math. ASER has inspired similar citizen-led assessments of student learning outcomes in Pakistan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Mali, and Senegal. With this grant, the ASER Centre would provide more intentional support to the growing network of organizations conducting citizen-led learning assessments. Their efforts would help catalyze further growth in the network, facilitate joint learning among network members, encourage wider use of the learning data and assessment tools developed by network members, and promote global and national education learning goals.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.prathamusa.org
Address
9703 Richmond Avenue, Suite 102, Houston, TX, 77042, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) and the related activities of the ASER Centre
Pratham’s Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) has drawn attention to a learning crisis in India and motivated policy change by mobilizing volunteers to visit households and assess the basic reading and math skills of over half a million children every year. This grant will help the ASER Centre adapt its annual survey of learning to also measure skills at early childhood, middle school, and secondary school levels. The ASER Centre will ensure that the findings help expand the conversation about learning to a broader set of skills and reach audiences who can do something about the results. The ASER Centre will also help government teacher-training centers and other institutions build capacity for generating and using evidence.
for the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) and the related activities of the ASER Centre
Pratham’s Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) has drawn attention to a learning crisis in India and motivated policy change by mobilizing volunteers to visit households across the country and test over 600,000 children. This grant would help the ASER Centre to strengthen its success by continuing an annual survey of learning. It would also allow ASER Centre to conduct research to understand why learning levels are so low, and create tools for measuring a broader set of educational outcomes (beyond basic reading and math). ASER also expects to expand its training programs to build government capacity for generating and absorbing evidence.
for Read India Phase III, a nationwide program to improve learning achievement in the primary grades
With this grant, Pratham USA, a successful longtime grantee, would continue improving learning achievement in India’s primary grades through three interlinked activities: (1) ongoing creation and testing of better instructional practice and delivery models; (2) implementation of these models in demonstration areas to show how learning can be improved; and (3) mainstreaming the most successful models through collaborations with state and district governments.
