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Research and Evaluation

Learning assessments and program evaluations help education stakeholders make informed decisions about policy, instruction, and resource allocation. This helps them understand whether their programs are improving their education systems and, more importantly, increasing student learning.

Yet, assessments can vary widely—from nationwide Early Grade Reading Assessments (EGRAs) and Early Grade Mathematics Assessment (EGMAs) to weekly classroom-level formative assessments. Choosing, adapting, implementing, and analyzing results from the most appropriate tools requires a deep understanding of a program’s purpose, the research questions being asked, and the educational environment.

STS has expertise in all stages of educational research and evaluation—from designing research and evaluations to developing tools, from training enumerators to ensuring accurate collection, from helping audiences understand findings to building the research and evaluation capacities of its partners.

STS has conducted baseline, midline, and endline evaluations around the world using a variety of tools, including EGRAs, EGMAs, Snapshots of School Management Effectiveness (SSME), Secondary Grade Reading Assessments (SeGRAs), and Secondary Grade Mathematics Assessments (SeGMAs). STS also designs program monitoring and evaluation systems and conducts process and program evaluations. STS has also conducted research on learning environments, including teacher motivation, time on task, and parents’ attitudes about children’s learning.

With all our research and evaluation efforts, we work collaboratively with our partners and stakeholders to ensure the best design for each situation and, where possible, to build local capacity.

STS’s partners have consistently expressed their appreciation for the organization’s skills and ability to produce high-quality products, but more importantly, to serve as a thought partner in program design and evaluation—always prepared to respond rapidly and adapt to evolving country contexts. Over 90% of STS’s contracts come from repeat business.

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Accolades from partners

STS has been extremely effective in working with Chemonics on the ACCELERE! 1 project, specifically in the areas of EGRA, FOI, theory of change, and operations research. STS has also been effective by being flexible/adaptive and adding and eliminating activities as warranted by changing circumstances on the ground and with the client.
Sonia Arias,
DCOP for Chemonics on the USAID DRC ACCELERE! 1 Project
Throughout their engagement with ACR GCD, STS demonstrated strong capacity-building support to local and international grantee organizations, a collaborative approach to working with the ACR GCD partners, and a commitment to quality.
Deborah Backus,
former Project Director, World Vision, on the All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development
Au CERIPS, nous avons particulièrement apprécié la qualité de votre travail. Nous pensons franchement que vous avez effectué un excellent travail avec ce rapport de mi-parcours du projet GLEE. Vous avez été fidèle aux données et tiré le meilleur de celles-ci. Cela peut rendre fier toutes les personnes impliquées dans ce travail ( EDINTERSECT, STS, WINROCK, STAFF CERIPS, ENQUÊTEURS, REPONDANTS, ETC.) de voir le fruit de leur travail aussi bien exploité. Encore une fois, félicitations.

At CERIPS, we particularly appreciated the quality of your work. We frankly think that you have done an excellent job with this mid-term report of the GLEE project. You have been faithful to the data and made the best of it. It is a source of pride for all of those involved in this work (EdIntersect, STS, Winrock, CERIPS staff, researchers, respondents, etc.) to see the fruits of their labor so well represented. Once again, congratulations.

Sékou Omar,
Ingénieur Statisticien, Centre d'Etude et de Recherche sur l'Information en Population et Santé on the Mali GLEE Mid-Project Research Study
The evaluation report [for the fourth phase of the All Pikin for Learn project] is clearly written, easy to read, tables and figures add value to the overall presentation of evidence and are easy follow. Findings are credible and logically and transparently linked to (at times multiple sources of) evidence. Conclusions are based on findings and evidence presented in the report, and recommendations are justified by the available evidence. Thank you!
USDA,
on the Sierra Leone FFE All Pikin for Learn IV Midline Evaluation report

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