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International partnership working on how to implement education reforms at scale, with the goal of increasing literacy, numeracy and other skills.
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🆕 New working paper out now!

Cheaper (and more effective) by the dozen: Evidence from 12 randomised A/B tests optimising tutoring for scale, by @noamangrist.bsky.social, @ccullen.bsky.social & @janicalapati.bsky.social. @youthimpactorg.bsky.social

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Cheaper (and more effective) by the dozen: Evidence from 12 randomised A/B tests optimising tutoring for scale - What Works Hub for Global Education
This paper presents iterative randomised A/B tests of a mobile phone numeracy tutoring programme to optimise efficiency and scalability.
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📢 New blog! Learn about the Every Child Counts Implementation Toolkit, a practical guide grounded in J-PAL South Asia's experience evaluating and scaling a unique, playful mathematics curriculum across India.
Blog by Vatsala Sharma, Parikrama Chowdhry & Varsha Hari Prasad:
Scaling a playful math curriculum to strengthen foundational numeracy: Introducing the ‘Every Child Counts’ Implementation Toolkit - What Works Hub for Global Education
Learn about the Every Child Counts Implementation Toolkit: a practical guide grounded in experience scaling a playful math curriculum.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Tutoring school children is effective, but hard to scale. Researchers @noamangrist.bsky.social, @ccullen.bsky.social, & @janicalapati.bsky.social used a novel A/B testing approach to enhance cost-effectiveness and scalability of a program in Botswana. 🔗 Read the new paper: https://bit.ly/3WYniJn
Cheaper (and more effective) by the dozen: Evidence from 12 randomised A/B tests optimising tutoring for scale - What Works Hub for Global Education
This paper presents iterative randomised A/B tests of a mobile phone numeracy tutoring programme to optimise efficiency and scalability.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
💡 Education Evidence Labs can help governments maximise the impact of investments.

Learn how #EdLabs use data & evidence to improve learning in a new blog from Michael Lundgren, Donika Dimovska, Samuel Kembou, Yasmine Bekkouche, Rachel Hinton &
@jacobsfoundation.bsky.social: buff.ly/zzrrH5o
Shaping the future of education through a world better led, served and governed: the case for evidence labs - What Works Hub for Global Education
The Jacobs Foundation, the What Works Hub for Global Education & ministers discussed an innovative model: Education Evidence Labs (EdLabs).
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October 31, 2025 at 9:09 AM
📢 New @geeap.bsky.social -endorsed report launched at #ADEA2025! It calls on African policymakers to adopt #evidence-based #literacy instruction so every child can learn to read.

Download the report ➡️ documents.worldbank.org/en/publicati...

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October 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
How can education outcomes be improved under new fiscal pressures?

Alongside the 2025 #UKFIETConf in Oxford, @wwhglobaled.bsky.social brought together experts from our Community of Practice, working across the global education sector to share their reflections.

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Scale, sustainability and supporting the system: reflections on maximising impact when resources are tight - What Works Hub for Global Education
How can education outcomes be improved under new fiscal pressures? Experts from the global education sector reflect on this challenge.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
All USAID-funded education data have been rescued!

@wwhglobaled.bsky.social published a blog by Hetal Thukral, Amber Gove, Cally Ardington and Erin Meyer, showing how over 20 years of #education data was saved, how you can access it and what you can do with it.

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All is not lost: USAID’s education data has been preserved - What Works Hub for Global Education
All USAID-funded education data - almost 1,000 datasets - have been rescued! This blog explains how to access the data through the DataLumos platform, established under a data sharing agreement…
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October 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
📘 New publication alert!

Christine Beggs, Hetal Thukral and @cliodinti.bsky.social introduce a 'just enough' structured pedagogy model designed to improve foundational literacy outcomes at a relatively low cost. #StructuredPedagogy #FLN

💡 Learn more in the blog: www.wwhge.org/resources/wh...
What does it cost to implement ‘just enough’ of what works to improve foundational literacy outcomes? - What Works Hub for Global Education
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October 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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We ran 12 A/B tests in 3 years. Each built on the last. Iteration = real results: lower costs, higher learning. A nimble way to scale evidence-based programs.

👉New working paper: www.wwhge.org/resources/ch...
October 21, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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📣 Our paper is out on 12 A/B tests all together showing *big* efficiency gains! So excited about this paper & broader approach. We optimize tutoring programs which are famously effective but hard to scale. Highlights👇
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October 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🆕 New working paper out now!

Cheaper (and more effective) by the dozen: Evidence from 12 randomised A/B tests optimising tutoring for scale, by @noamangrist.bsky.social, @ccullen.bsky.social & @janicalapati.bsky.social. @youthimpactorg.bsky.social

📍 Read more: www.wwhge.org/resources/ch...
Cheaper (and more effective) by the dozen: Evidence from 12 randomised A/B tests optimising tutoring for scale - What Works Hub for Global Education
This paper presents iterative randomised A/B tests of a mobile phone numeracy tutoring programme to optimise efficiency and scalability.
www.wwhge.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The 5th Cross-Country Learning Exchange (#CCLE) in Nairobi has been off to an energetic, collaborative and inspiring start! The event is jointly organised by @poverty-action.bsky.social, @wwhglobaled.bsky.social and Kenya's Ministry of Education.
October 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Day 1 of the Cross-Country Learning Exchange (CCLE) kicks off in Nairobi 🇰🇪 !

EdLab teams, government partners & researchers are exploring how data & evidence can transform education policy and improve learning outcomes.

Stay tuned for more.

#EmbeddedEvidenceLabs #EdLab
October 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Join us today at 6.30pm at @somervillecollege.bsky.social, for a book talk 'Lessons in State Capacity from Delhi's Schools', featuring Yamini Aiyar, @amangla.bsky.social and Nayanika Mathur. @oxindiacentre.bsky.social

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October 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The 5th annual Cross-Country Learning Exchange (CCLE) kicks off soon in Nairobi, Kenya 🇰🇪.

Co-hosted by @poverty-action.bsky.social, @wwhglobaled.bsky.social and the Ministry of Education of Kenya, this 3-day gathering will bring together policymakers, researchers, funders and #EdLab teams 🌍.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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How much and what type of evidence is "enough" to take the next jump in the scaling journey? Our new case study is out exploring these dynamics in the case of education reform. Produced by the @blavatnikschool.bsky.social in collaboration with @wwhglobaled.bsky.social

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October 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
@wwhglobaled.bsky.social has joined @jacobsfoundation.bsky.social and 14 other organisations to create a global #evidence repository for #education, making evidence on what works for children and learning more accessible, actionable & relevant worldwide.

👉 jacobsfoundation.org/education-fu...
🤝 The Jacobs Foundation has joined 15 leading organizations to create a global evidence repository for education, making research more accessible, actionable & relevant worldwide.

Read the full Statement of Intent 👉 jacobsfoundation.org/education-fu...

#Education #Global #Collaboration
October 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
📘 New research!

Explore the implementation research report on scaling teacher training for structured pedagogy in Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 – a collaboration between @wwhglobaled.bsky.social and @unicefinnocenti.bsky.social : www.unicef.org/innocenti/re...

#StructuredPedagogy
Scaling Teacher Training for Structured Pedagogy
Lessons from Sierra Leone
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October 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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📣 Our partnership b/w World Bank & What Works Hub for Global Education @wwhglobaled.bsky.social aims to ensure large-scale government-led education reforms are backed by evidence & implemented at quality on the ground
➡️ Read about Implementation Science for Education 👇
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October 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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🤔 When urgent challenges demand action but strong evidence takes time, how should policymakers respond?

A new teaching case explores Rwanda’s education reforms – from @wwhglobaled.bsky.social, The Case Centre and Prof Clare Leaver 👇
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September 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📣 New blog!

@noamangrist.bsky.social ( @wwhglobaled.bsky.social), Luis Benveniste (World Bank), Nathanael Bevan and Judith Herbertson (UK's FCDO) announce a new partnership: the Implementation Science for Education (ISE) programme.

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Investing in implementation science, so ‘what works’ actually works in practice - What Works Hub for Global Education
The blog announces a new partnership – the Implementation Science for Education (ISE) programme between the World Bank Foundational Learning Compact (FLC) and the What Works Hub for Global Education.
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September 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Today, the CSAE's @noamangrist.bsky.social joins the India Scale-Up Summit in Delhi to explore pathways for scaling evidence-based programmes.

Hosted by ASPIRE & @j-pal.bsky.social South Asia.

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India Scale-Up Summit 2025: An ASPIRE Convening
The India Scale-Up Summit 2025: An ASPIRE Convening brings together some of the finest minds in India to chart the next phase of scaling up evidence-based programs in India.
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September 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This week at #UKFIETConf, @wwhglobaled.bsky.social convened a panel on the important theme of ‘Partnerships to strengthen evidence uptake and use: lessons from Education Labs’, bringing together embedded teams, technical partners, collaborators and funders of #EdLabs.
September 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
📣 Join us @wwhglobaled.bsky.social at #UKFIETConf 2025!

Tomorrow @ukfiet.bsky.social, we are hosting a panel on #EdLabs, 'Partnerships to strengthen evidence uptake and use: lessons from Education Labs'.

📍 2pm–3.30pm | Tue 16 Sep | Room 9

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September 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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📣CSAE Conference 2026 Call for papers CLOSING

Want to present your research at #OxCSAE2026? Submit today!

The CSAE Conference brings together researchers from across the development economics community to discuss Africa.

⏰14 Sept, 23:59 BST
CSAE Conference 2026
CSAE Conference 2026: Economic Development in Africa
www.csae.ox.ac.uk
September 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM