DDI_PNG_2012_EGRA-NCD_v01_M_WB Development Data Group 2015-07-28 NADA Version 01 (July 2015) Early Grade Reading Assessment 2012 National Capital District EGRA-NCD 2012 PNG_2012_EGRA-NCD_v01_M United States Agency for International Development (USAID) RTI International NADA Global Partnership for Education Myrna Machuca-Sierra Tasha Sinai Kristen Andrew McDonall -- 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. Papua New Guinea National Capital District (NCD) student, teacher, clusters of schools All elementary and primary schools in the province of NCD. Sample survey data [ssd] Provincial-level diagnostic assessment of basic reading skills in grades 2 to 4 in English. Random stratification of schools by district; random selection of students among all classrooms in a grade tested. Face-to-face [f2f] NCD EGRA Student test, student questionnaire, teacher questionnaire, classroom observation snapshot. 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. Papua New Guinea National Capital District Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) 2012, Ref. PNG_2012_EGRA-NCD_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [url] on [date]. 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.