Sad to be leaving @RTI_Intl after 9+ years. I've had a blast. Mainly because of the amazing group of smart, curious, productive, effective, warm, human and funny (in a good way) people I got to work with. More reflections here: bit.ly/3I22BZa More on next steps soon.

Tuesday 11 March 1-2pm GMT The Engage Toolkit: Measuring adult-child interactions that promote learning New toolkit measuring support children receive from teachers & caregivers @matthewchjukes.bsky.social @rti.bsky.social with @pedalcam.bsky.social Register: toolkitforlearning.eventbrite.co.uk

NEW PAPER: A World Bank study highlights the importance of engaging students in their learning and shows that the Engage observation tool is highly effective at predicting learning outcomes. The study: bit.ly/4i58odd My blog: bit.ly/4gqqchy @WBG_Education

We had 792 people from 82 countries join us last week in the global webinar sharing the first major findings of Engage, a toolkit which measures support for engagement of children in their learning. Find out more here: bit.ly/3HZO2Cb @LEGOfoundation @NYUGlobalTIES

Hope you can join us for this session tomorrow to hear exciting new findings on our tool which has now changed its name from PLAY to Engage.

One week to go!

Two take-aways from our RCT follow-up on EGRS in South Africa: 1) Clear long-term (to Grade 7) effects of an early grade reading intervention. 2) Initial impacts in foundational skills (fluency) translate to longer-term impacts in higher-order skills (comprehension). #RTIFellow bit.ly/4j6ygGR

This looks like an amazing job - Research Director at Prevail! bit.ly/41HHy5T

New @nberpubs.bsky.social working paper: "When Given Discretion Teachers Did Not Shirk: Evidence from Remedial Education in Secondary Schools" with #SabrinBeg @annefitz13.bsky.social @jkerwin.bsky.social @kwrahman.com Title summarizes it. We elaborate in the paper: www.nber.org/papers/w33242

We have some exciting new findings and a phenomenal group of speakers for our PLAY webinar: ‘Introducing PLAY – Measuring Adult-Child Interactions that Boost Learning’ Tuesday 21 January 2025 at 2.00 – 3.30pm GMT | 9.00 – 10.30am EST Register here: bit.ly/4flF5kG

Dean Karlan of USAID highlights when to do an impact evaluation versus when to simply monitor versus when to do A/B testing.