Reading for Ethiopia's Achievement Developed Monitoring and Evaluation (READ M&E)

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Key Information

The Reading for Ethiopia’s Achievement Developed Monitoring and Evaluation (READ M&E) project was a 5- year U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-supported activity implemented by American Institutes for Research (AIR). READ M&E was one of four READ projects on early grade reading launched by USAID Ethiopia. READ M&E focuses on monitoring and evaluating early grade reading as well as on the M&E needs of the overall USAID READ program. The project works closely in partnership with the Ethiopian Ministry of Education (MoE) and the National Educational Assessment and Examinations Agency (NEAEA). The project also works in collaboration with Regional State Education Bureaus (RSEBs) and City Administration Education Bureaus (CAEBs).

READ M&E was designed to foster effective use of assessment tools, testing methodology, and the data they generate, to improve early-grade reading and writing, and ultimately student learning. In implementing the project, AIR monitored and evaluated early grade reading fluency and comprehension, and provided overall monitoring and evaluation support to the USAID on their suite of reading programs in Ethiopia. They also provided monitoring and evaluation information and capacity building to the Ethiopian Ministry of Education and other local government stakeholders.

READ M&E has three objectives:

  1. Monitor the implementation of the three other READ activities.
  2. Administer Early Grade Reading Assessments (EGRAs) and other assessment tools to measure student learning outcomes (2016 and 2018).
  3. Build the capacity of the Ministry of Education in EGRA and in national learning assessments administration and analysis.


Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Senegal

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2015 - 2020

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Ministry of Education, Regional State Education Bureaus (RSEBs), City Administration Education Bureaus (CAEBs)

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Quality

  • Teacher training

Skills

  • Literacy

Cross-cutting areas

Not applicable or unknown


Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys in school, Girls in school, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary

Other populations reached

  • School administrators
  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Technical assistance/capacity building to civil society organizations or governments

Tutoring/strengthening academic skills

  • Literacy - in the classroom

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased literacy

Cross-cutting goals

Not applicable or unknown