The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted education for approximately 1.2 billion students across the Asia-Pacific, and forced the closure of many schools, precipitating a transition towards remote learning, albeit with uneven access and quality, and threatening to deepen the ‘learning crisis’
International large-scale assessments (ILSAs) are one of the most important tools policymakers and educational stakeholders have to inform evidence based decision making for educational reform. Here, we offer a brief guide to ILSAs, illuminating important differences and commonalities within and
This policy note summarises findings regarding the measurement of learning outcomes in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) based on a recent scoping review. The review aims to identify ECEC interventions in economically developing countries between 1998 and 2017 which
Integrated interventions are regarded as the most effective way to address young children’s learning and development and break inter-generational cycles of poverty. According to Rao et al. (2017) integrated programs have the largest effects of any kind of program in
Income supplementation interventions provide cash transfers directly to the parents/families of young children, with the objective of improving learning and other outcomes. Interventions of this type directly address poverty as the origin of many of the challenges to children’s learning
Parent-focused interventions assume two stages of cause-and-effect – first on changing parental behaviour, second on improving outcomes for the child. Parent-focused interventions occur in three modalities, namely as home visits, group-sessions or in connection with visits to health care providers
PISA defines scientific literacy as the ability to engage with science-related issues, and with the ideas of science, as a reflective citizen. It emphasises the importance of being able to apply scientific knowledge in the context of real-life situations. The
1. The Department of Education (DepEd) is adopting the enclosed Policy Guidelines on the National Assessment of Student Learning for the K to 12 Basic Education Program. 2. Assessment is the process of measuring learners’ progress in the attainment of
This study mainly discusses the broad role of education in national development in Asia, emphasizing trends, issues, and problems within educations systems. The author addresses the concerns on implications for policy making and planning, including how assessments play a role
