Children in Literacy Boost Projects reading with comprehension
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Definition
This indicator measures the number of children participating in the Literacy Boost project who, by the end of two grades of primary schooling, demonstrate that they can read with comprehension.
Please use MEAL PIRS to state which of the two tools were used. If a sample survey was used please use MEAL PIRS under Source of Data to show sampling method, sample size, confidence level, confidence interval, size of target population and the effect size where a comparison group was also assessed.
Numerator
Children participating in a Literacy Boost project after completion of two grades of primary school who are able to answer 75% of comprehension questions correctly on the reading passage subtest of the literacy assessment (Literacy Boost or EGRA)
Denominator
Children participating in a Literacy Boost project who completed two grades of primary school who participated in the assessment
Measuring this indicator requires working from:
1) Literacy Boost Reading Assessment OR
2) EGRA Reading Assessment
This indicator's value is the number of children participating in the Literacy Boost project who, by the end of two grades of primary schooling, demonstrate that they can read with comprehension divided by Children participating in a Literacy Boost project who completed two grades of primary school who participated in the assessment. Multiply the result by 100 to convert it to a percentage.
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XLSForm Template provided in Literacy Boost Assesment Guidance:
Reading Passage
OR
https://shared.rti.org/content/early-grade-reading-assessment-egra-toolkit-second-edition
For the full guidance please see:
Literacy Boost Reading Assessment
https://savethechildren1.sharepoint.com/what/education/Pages/Literacy-Boost-Assessment-Guidance.aspx
EGRA Toolkit: https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/pa00m4tn.pdf
If link is broken, please go to https://savethechildren1.sharepoint.com/:w:/r/what/education/ResourceLibrary/MEAL%20Education%20Tools%20Page.docx?d=w5145692118a14d958c9e42ce7e83a3ab&csf=1&web=1