Early Grade Reading Assessment 2012
Lao PDR, 2012
Identification
LAO_2012_EGRA_v01_M
Early Grade Reading Assessment 2012
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Lao PDR | LAO |
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Diagnostic Assessment
The Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) is an oral student assessment designed to measure the most basic foundation skills for literacy acquisition in the early grades: recognizing letters of the alphabet, reading simple words, understanding sentences and paragraphs, and listening with comprehension.
The USAID Education Data for Decision Making (EdData II) project developed the EGRA methodology and has applied it in 11 countries and 19 languages. It has been adopted and used by other implementing partners in more than 30 other countries and more than 60 other languages. Data from EGRA have been used for feedback on teacher practice in rigorous but easy-to-understand ways. Many countries have shown an interest in using it as a springboard to improve reading, and have gone on to redesign their teacher training around reading.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Student, teacher, school, school committee, Village Education Development Committee, Principals
Scope
National diagnostic assessment of basic reading skills in grades 3-5 in Lao language.
Coverage
Six provinces, three regions in country.
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| United States Agency for International Development (USAID) |
| RTI International |
| Name |
|---|
| Global Partnership for Education |
Sampling
Random stratification of schools by district; random selection of students among all classrooms in a grade tested.
Survey instrument
Interviews/surveys with students and teachers.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2012-05 | 2012-05 |
Depositor information
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Kristen Andrew McDonall | World Bank Group |
Data Access
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download.
Example,
United States Agency for International Development, RTI International. Lao PDR Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) 2012, Ref. LAO_2012_EGRA_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [url] on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| Myrna Machuca-Sierra | World Bank Group | mmachucasierra@worldbank.org |
| Tasha Sinai | World Bank Group | tsinai@worldbank.org |
| Omporn Regel | World Bank Group | oregel@worldbank.org |
Metadata production
DDI_LAO_2012_EGRA_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | The World Bank | Documentation of the DDI |
2015-07-22
Metadata version
Version 01 (July 2015)