Global programs / Improving educational quality (IEQ)
Summarizes Phase I and Year 2 reports on the implementation of Nueva Escuela Unitaria (NEU), an innovative learning program for rural multigrade primary schools in Guatemala. DEC abstract (PN-ABZ-286)
The program described its experience in adopting a collaborative approach to program evaluations with non-governmental organizations (NGOs).1 A pupil assessment manual from the program lists a research component in a partnership with Save the Children.2 The United States Agency for International Development supported the program's effort with Save the Children.2
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Operated in: Ghana, Guatemala, South Africa, Mali, Africa South of Sahara, Malawi, Uganda, Latin America, Brazil, West Africa, Nicaragua.
When the program ran, from its start year to the latest document year. A hatched bar means the start is our estimate.
Axis: award years, end from years in documents. The start year comes from award fiscal year; the end is the latest document year, so the program may have run longer.
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Evaluation studies and evaluation-type documents linked to this program.
Showing 3 of 6 evaluations.
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for International Research, Inc. (IIR) | implementer | 1993 to 1998 | Stated in a document | 51 sources |
| University of Pittsburgh | implementer | 1993 to 2001 | Stated in a document | 43 sources |
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Scope: global. How the scope was set is not described yet. High confidence.
How sure we are: 0.95.
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| DPE-5836-C-1042 (contract, fiscal year not recorded) | 1993 to 2001 | Stated in a document |
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| Title | Year | Type |
|---|
| implementer |
| 1993 to 1998 |
| Stated in a document |
| 42 sources |
| American Institutes for Research (AIR) | implementer | 1996 to 2001 | Stated in a document | 4 sources |
| National Pedagogic Institute | implementer | 1995 to 1996 | Stated in a document | 4 sources |
| Higher Institute of Training and Applied Research | implementer | 1995 to 1996 | Stated in a document | 4 sources |
| Centre for Research on Improving Quality of Primary Education in Ghana | implementer | 1993 to 1995 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
| Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) | implementer | 1996 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy for Educational Development, Inc. (AED) | implementer | 1996 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) | implementer | 1996 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Save the Children (U.S.) | implementer | years not recorded | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| University of Ghana | implementer | 1999 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| University of Cape Coast | implementer | years not recorded | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Name | Role | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mali. Ministry of Secondary and Higher Education and Scientific Research | lead ministry | 1995 to 1996 | Likely, not confirmed | 4 sources |
| Nicaragua. Ministry of Education | lead ministry | 1996 | Likely, not confirmed | 1 source |
| Malawi Institute of Education | implementing agency | years not recorded | Likely, not confirmed | 1 source |
| Mali. Ministry of Basic Education | lead ministry | 1996 | Likely, not confirmed | 1 source |
Districts, regions and facilities named in the program's own documents, not verified sites. Place dots exist for Malawi and Guatemala only so far.
Sample Built from district names in Malawi documents while the full place data loads; it is not yet the finished place list.
Solid: the documents describe the program's work there. Faint: named in the program's documents. Bigger means more mentions. Shown: region or province, district; squares are facilities.
Showing 8 of 13 places.
| 41 sources |
| DPE-5836-Q-1043 (task order, fiscal year not recorded) | 1993 to 1998 | Stated in a document | 22 sources |
| HNE-I-97-00029 (idiq, FY1997) | 1998 to 2001 | Stated in a document | 3 sources |
| DPE-5836-C-1043 (contract, fiscal year not recorded) | 1993 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| HNE-5836-G-5055 (grant, fiscal year not recorded) | 1996 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| USAID. Bur. for Global Programs, Field Support and Research. Center for Human Capacity Development | 1993 to 2000 | Stated in a document | 54 sources |
| Name | Years | Basis | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 1994 to 1997 | Stated in a document | 16 sources |
| Guatemala | 1993 to 1997 | Stated in a document | 9 sources |
| Ghana | 1993 to 1997 | Stated in a document | 8 sources |
| Mali | 1995 to 1996 | Stated in a document | 5 sources |
| Malawi | 1997 | Stated in a document | 2 sources |
| Africa Regional | 1993 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Brazil | 1996 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Latin American Regional | 1996 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Paraguay | 1996 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
| Uganda | 1999 | Stated in a document | 1 source |
Sector profile (computed): Basic education (early childhood, primary, secondary, literacy, teachers) 74%; Higher education, universities and scholarships 5%; Program management, planning and administration 4%
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Program key prj:9365836
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