Learning

Read guidance, learning summaries, evidence trends, and country reflections from USAID and its partners.

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Syrian Teacher Teaching Children to Read in Jordan
Disability Inclusive Education

What We’re Learning in Social and Emotional Learning

This series is intended for Education Officers in USAID partner countries and implementing partners who are designing and managing new activities, evaluations, and/or research efforts.
May 10, 2022
Creative Associates for All Children Reading
Information and Communication Technology

CIES 2022: Spotlight on Distance Learning

The 2022 Comparative & International Education Society Conference brought together researchers, analysts, practitioners, and students in the field of international education to explore a wide range of educational issues.
May 16, 2022
Lebanon
Education in Crisis and Conflict
November 5, 2021

Resilience in Return to Learning

Each of the case studies examines, describes, and analyzes the specific localized processes and decision-making of education system stakeholders from March 2020 to April 2021.
A first grade class in the El Hadji Amadou Cissé school in Kaolack Commune, March 2020
Reading & Literacy
March 12, 2021

How To Generate and Use Internationally-Comparable Learning Assessment Data

USAID has made significant progress in establishing an approach to linking country-level learning assessments to global proficiency expectations so countries can set appropriate targets for achieving outcomes in early grade literacy and math.
USAID Youth Summit 2019
Youth Workforce Development
October 23, 2020

Studies Explore Taking Risks to Innovate and Increase Impact Through Cash Benchmarking

USAID and its partners recently experimented with cash benchmarking to better understand the cost-effectiveness of its investments. There are currently five cash benchmarking studies underway, each with a different research design.
A student at the USAID Soma Umenye project.
Reading & Literacy
July 9, 2019

Rwanda Pilots an Improved Benchmarking Method

USAID and its partners have used different methods to set performance benchmarks for primary school students over the years, with the vast majority of benchmarking exercises relying on student reading assessment data to identify proficiency levels.
A teacher uses tablet computers to teach young children.
Information and Communication Technology
August 22, 2018

10 Principles for Developing ICT In Education Programs

USAID is among the world’s largest bilateral supporters of information and communication technology (ICT) projects in education. USAID adheres to 10 key principles when conceptualizing, designing and implementing ICT in education systems.