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A student reading a book. Photo by Eric Onyiego/USAID Kenya
Disability Inclusive Education

USAID Studies Explore Current Trends in Disability Inclusive Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

A literature review found that children with disabilities are less likely to get to school and, even when they do attend, less likely to stay in school. Learn more notable findings from the literature review in this blog post.
December 1, 2020
Children start their day by singing nursery rhymes and songs in post-earthquake Nepal. Photo By Kashish Das Shrestha for USAID.
Education in Crisis and Conflict

USAID’s Top 10 Education Highlights in 2020

Education content in 2020 focused on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected students across the world. Here are the top resources, blogs, and events USAID released this past year.
December 15, 2020
LEGRA Student
Reading & Literacy
October 21, 2020

Early Grade Reading: What Does ‘Good’ Look Like and How Do We Measure It?

Learn how the USAID Soma Umenye project collaborated with the Rwanda Education Board to develop both.
Photo: Students from the Diego Luis Cordoba School in the municipality of Acandi, Department of Choco in Colombia.
Education in Crisis and Conflict
August 25, 2020

Pivoting in a Pandemic: Adapting the Rapid Education and Risk Analysis in Colombia

In March 2020 DevTech began planning to conduct a RERA in urban and peri-urban school communities receiving migrant Venezuelans. The Government of Colombia needed RERA data to implement flexible and effective models of education.
Qabale Huza 19, at Turbi Dispensary during a USAID learning event in August 2019.
Youth Workforce Development
November 20, 2019

Learning to Love Standard Indicators: A USAID Perspective on Measuring Youth Workforce Development

In youth workforce development (YWFD), we’ve revised and added to our standard foreign assistance indicators. These indicators re-focus our sector on a range of possible outcomes that reflect meaningful results of our work with youth.
Photo: A young entrepreneur in Honduras.
Youth Workforce Development
November 15, 2019

Measuring the Nuances of Youth Employment & Livelihoods

The challenge of youth unemployment in low and middle-income countries is well-known. This topic was front and center at the Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit supported in part by USAID and held in Washington D.C. from October 1-4.
Saffa Girls School
Systems Strengthening
October 16, 2019

Education Reporting Guidance: What’s Changing and Why?

We’ll walk you through the new reporting requirements that take effect in 2019, including timelines and additional resources available to facilitate the uptake of the new and revised education-related indicators. 
USAID Basic Education Program
Disability Inclusive Education
September 25, 2019

Las mejores prácticas para recopilar datos sobre personas con discapacidad

Los siguientes consejos pueden ayudar a utilizar las preguntas del cuestionario breve elaborado por el grupo de Washington (Cuestionario WG) en la recopilación de datos sobre personas con discapacidad.
Children play together in a Child Friendly Space (CFS) operated by Save the Children in Waat, South Sudan.
Education in Crisis and Conflict
July 18, 2019

Measuring Social and Emotional Learning in Children

USAID’s Education Policy recognizes the important role that social and emotional skills play in a child’s development, future learning, and success.
A student at the USAID Soma Umenye project.
Reading & Literacy
July 9, 2019

Rwanda Pilots an Improved Benchmarking Method

USAID and its partners have used different methods to set performance benchmarks for primary school students over the years, with the vast majority of benchmarking exercises relying on student reading assessment data to identify proficiency levels.