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ACR GCD Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning Activity

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All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR GCD), established in 2011 as a partnership between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), World Vision and the Australian Government, advances EdTech innovation and research to improve reading outcomes for marginalized children in low-resource contexts. ACR GCD is an ongoing series of competitions that leverages science and technology to source, test, and disseminate scalable solutions to improve literacy skills of early grade learners in developing countries. The global initiative focuses on sourcing new solutions, testing new ideas, accelerating, and scaling what works.

STS will provide Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning services that ensure ACR GCD advances EdTech innovation and research by:

  • Enhancing literacy learning for children with disabilities
  • Driving the development and use of accessible books in underserved languages
  • Strengthening foundations for literacy to improve early childhood learning

STS’s will include monitoring and capacity building support; designing and implementing project evaluations, as well as other studies and assessments; designing a framework for acceleration and providing scale-up support to innovators; developing, collaborating, learning, and adapting initiatives; and strengthening the partnership’s ability to demonstrate its unique impact. These efforts will facilitate informed management decisions, shape the potential for innovations’ appropriate replication and scaling, and inform the strategic direction of projects and decision-making.

Explore STS’s previous work with All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development.

Overview

Expertise Area

Research and Evaluation
&
Policy and Planning

Partners

World Vision
&
USAID
&
Australian Government

Country of Work

Fiji, Indonesia, Laos, Malawi, Mali, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, & Somalia

Timeline

2020-2023

Key Staff

Mark Lynd

Mark Lynd

Anne Laesecke

Anne Laesecke

Graham-Clayton

Graham-Clayton

Carol da Silva

Carol da Silva

Matthew Murray

Matthew Murray

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