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At STS, we often think of our expertise falling into one of four buckets: Research and Evaluation, Curriculum and Training, Planning and Policy, & Integrated Approaches to Education.Read more

Over the past few years, STS has increased its focus on numeracy work.Read more

Recently, STS’s Measurement and Evaluation Specialist Fernanda Gándara co-authored an article with UMass Amherst’s Jennifer Randall for the Comparative Education Review. The article, “Assessing Mathematics Proficiency of Multilingual Students: The Case for Translanguaging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo” questions the current testing practices in international education when it comes to language. As FernandaRead more

Today marks the first ever International Day of Education and offers the chance to reflect on the role education plays for peace and development around the globe. This year, STS celebrates efforts to bring quality education and assessment to the students of Mali through the USAID/Mali Selective Integrated Reading Activity (SIRA). SIRA, led by EDC,Read more

Photo: Focus group discussion with Grade 6 and 8 girls in the Wolaita Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia In celebration of International Day of the Girl, STS is pleased to highlight our research supporting girls’ education in Ethiopia. Despite considerable progress in increasing girls’ access to education in Ethiopia, important barriers persist. One of the key challenges facingRead more

Photo Credit: Little Thinking Minds In celebration of International Literacy Day, STS will be sharing our mixed-methods evaluation approach as part of the webinar hosted by All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development on How Technology Can Transform Child Literacy in Developing Countries. STS will be discussing key lessons learned from the implementation ofRead more

STS joined USAID and ECCN for a webcast on What’s Good Enough? Strategies for Data Collection and M&E in Conflict Zones Have you faced challenges in data collection efforts while evaluating activities in conflict or crisis zones? Do you wonder what the best research design is, given the constraints you’re facing? Have you considered howRead more

A unique aspect of School-to-School International’s work in Morocco is the use of officials from the Moroccan Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MOE) as enumerators, or data collectors, for the Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA). Good enumerators are vital to the success of an assessment because they assure students that they are not beingRead more