2014
DOI: 10.1093/jae/eju009
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Can Your Child Read and Count? Measuring Learning Outcomes in East Africa

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“…Angrist et al (2002) and mathematics tests. The language (literacy) tests were designed to assess ve principal competencies, namely: (1) letter recognition, (2) word recognition, (3) ability to read a paragraph, (4) ability to read a (short) story and (5) ability to comprehend information in the story (Uwezo 2012, 2014, Jones et al 2014, Wakano 2016. Each competence level was assessed by a separate test item.…”
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“…Angrist et al (2002) and mathematics tests. The language (literacy) tests were designed to assess ve principal competencies, namely: (1) letter recognition, (2) word recognition, (3) ability to read a paragraph, (4) ability to read a (short) story and (5) ability to comprehend information in the story (Uwezo 2012, 2014, Jones et al 2014, Wakano 2016. Each competence level was assessed by a separate test item.…”
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“…Each competence level was assessed by a separate test item. However, due to the ordered nature of the competencies 12 , not all children are assessed on each competency item (Jones et al 2014). The literacy assessments began with level 3 competency (reading a paragraph) and either stepped up (to comprehension) or stepped down (to letter level) in diculty depending on the child's initial response.…”
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“…At the same time, independent learning assessments highlighted that only about one in four children in the third grade could read at a second-grade level (Jones et al, 2014;Twaweza, 2012).…”
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“…The literacy and numeracy tests (the Uwezo tests) are described in detail in Jones et al (2014). The literacy tests refer to national languages of instruction in which pupils are tested at the end of primary school-that is, English and Kiswahili in Tanzania and Kenya, and just English in Uganda.…”
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