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SDG 4 indicator 4.6.1 shows the proportion of youth and adults with functional literacy and numeracy skills Taken together, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a ‘recipe’ for countries...
29/08/2018
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On Saturday, the world celebrated International Literacy Day. And indeed there was much to celebrate, with literacy rates continuing to rise from one generation to the next, remarkable progress on...
11/09/2018
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This report guides the reader through a comparative analysis of 20 Member States’ National Curriculum Frameworks and National Assessment Frameworks for Literacy-Reading, to examine the alignment...
10/09/2018
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I am looking forward to this week’s WISE event in New York, which will bring together practitioners and thought-leaders determined to empower learners for future challenges. How? By innovating inside...
20/09/2018
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As the official data source for SDG 4, the UIS is working with countries and partners to build consensus around the measurement agenda, while developing the indicators, standards and tools needed to...
03/10/2018
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On World Teachers Day, this blog presents an assessment framework, called Education Prosperity, that can be used to track the success of teachers, families, communities and public institutions in...
05/10/2018
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The educational prosperity framework that I introduced in a recent blog provides an essential structure for understanding the holistic and cumulative ways that children develop, learn and thrive. The...
09/10/2018
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Presents an assessment framework, called Educational Prosperity, that can be used to monitor the success of families, communities and public institutions in developing children’s cognitive skills and...
05/10/2018
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