Learning Metrics Task Force
Virtual Briefing
October 2014
LMTF 2.0 – Five Key Results
1.
Technical: Seven indicators for global tracking developed, with cross-cutting
focus on equity
2.
Institutional: Support at least 10 countries in adapting LMTF
recommendations to improve assessment systems and use of assessment
data to improve learning
3.
Political: Recommendations inform the post-2015 education and
development agendas
4.
Assessment as a Public Good: Develop a strategy for advancing an agenda
in which learning data is supported as a global public good
5.
Knowledge Sharing: Actors and experts in learning assessment share
knowledge and coordinate efforts virtually and in person.
Assessment as a Public Good
International Platform for Assessing Learning: the GPE Secretariat has
worked closely with LMTF partners on the development of a concept paper
for an International Platform for Assessing Learning (IPAL) presented at the
meeting in Brussels this June.
Based on the feedback of this meeting, further work has been done to have a
more detailed document as a basis for discussion. Thus a draft concept note
will be circulated soon to several partners for initial discussion, and then to
the LMTF advisory group.
It is expected that IPAL will support the building of national and regional
capacity for assessing learning particularly in developing countries,
financially and technically.
Technical Update
Areas of
Measurement
Lead Organizations
World Bank, UIS
Reading
• The World Bank and the UIS convened a meeting of reading and
assessment experts to identify possible indicators for monitoring reading
in early grades and at the end of primary education (QI)
• Since then a strategy for establishing global metric for reading and
numeracy is currently being developed with ACER – a new advisory
board and project meeting is being planned.
KICE, GIZ, UIS
Numeracy
Learning for All /
Indicator Update
• KICE, BMZ/GIZ and the UIS coordinated a virtual Working Group on
Numeracy Indicators and identified and documented potential indicators
related to numeracy in early grades and at the end of primary education
• The recommendations report is available online and was discussed at
the “Working towards a post-2015 agenda – Measurement of learning in
numeracy and beyond” Webinar organized by BMZ, Save the Children
and the Global Partnership for Education.
World Bank, UIS
Age and Education
Matter for Learning
• The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on post-2015 education indicators
released a guidance note for indicators linked to the OWG education
targets. The TAG is meeting on 3 October to discuss next technical
outputs, communication and consultation with stakeholders.
• Preliminary data from the UIS Catalogue for Learning Assessments is
being used to explore options for developing learning-related indicators.
UNESCO, UNICEF,
World Bank, CUE
Ready to Learn
• Technical Advisory Group (TAG) convened of experts who have
developed cross-national tools to measure early learning and program
quality
• Quality measurement meeting in Leiden, Netherlands September 2014
hosted by UNESCO, UNICEF, BvLF, ISSA
• Child outcomes meeting in Washington, DC October 30 2014
UNESCO, GEFI
• In-person meeting of working group members in Bogota 15-16 July 2014
hosted by Secretary of Education. Eight competencies identified by
Country Support Update: Learning Champions
Learning Champions
Process Map
15 Learning
Champions have
been selected to
adapt LMTF
recommendations on
assessing and
improving learning to
their national
contexts.
In country
meetings
Virtual briefs with
LC Working Group
Stakeholder
analysis, mapping,
Meeting in January
2015
Case studies
LMTF
Advisory
Committee
Learning
Champions
Learning
Champions
Working Group
Partners
Learning Champion
Framework
Convene national
partners and map
assessment
landscape
Development of
Action Plan
Outputs
15 National Action Plans to
improve assessment
systems
Provide countries
with tools and
technical support
Set of practical tools to
adapt LMTF
Recommendations to
different national contexts
Implementation of
Plan
Regional networks
activated to advance
collaboration and
mentoring in the
improvement of
assessment systems
Outcome: Improved national assessment systems
Identify tools to
develop
Draft tools
Share tools with LC
Refine and finalize
LMTF Task Force
Members and
Partners will work
together to support
Learning Champions
to develop and
implement plans to
improve national
assessment systems,
including the use of
data to improve
learning
Documents/
Templates
Technical and
Financial
Linkages
Feedback
Learning Champion Framework
Overall Purpose The Learning Champions will lead an in country-level
process to: convene stakeholders; diagnose the quality of their assessment systems;
and assess the necessary technical and financial resources required to improve
learning measurement and outcomes.
Outcomes:
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A set of country-level validated tools and strategies that permit education
systems to measure learning accurately and verifiably across the LMTF seven
domains and seven areas;
A set of country-level validated tools and strategies that permit classroom-level
and other local educators to measure learning accurately and verifiably across
the seven domains and seven areas;
Consensus among 15 Learning Champions on which aspects of the respective
tools and strategies have universal applicability and comparability;
A plan to use the data generated from these tools and strategies for decisionmaking and action at the system, school and classroom levels have begun to be
implemented within each Learning Champion country.
Learning Champions Illustrative Timetable
Month (from July 2014 through December 2015)
Action
Identify education stakeholders
“Map” current national learning metrics efforts
Comprise country Learning Champions teams
National Stakeholder meetings
Select & negotiate with LMTF Secretariat target learning
domains & measurement areas
Prepare Learning Champions initiative plan- December Meeting
Implement Learning Champions initiative plan
Finalize tools and guides
Monitor, document and share the experience, findings & results
Participate in sharing events organized by LMTF Secretariat
Prepare a final report, with products
Share experience, findings & products with Ministry and other
education stakeholders
Participate in final initiative review
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Learning Champions: Task Force Role
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Convene a Learning Champions Working Group of experts from international organizations,
universities, and technical assistance firms, in addition to technical experts from the
Learning Champion countries themselves;
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Assign Learning Champion Focal Points to work with each country throughout the process;
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Coordinate expertise to respond to specific technical assistance requests
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Organize and facilitate virtual and in-country consultation and support
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Organize and facilitate web/teleconference opportunities for different LCs to consult and
cooperate, including regional and cross-national linkages;
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Help identify potential donors and technical assistance support for implementing Learning
Champion plans;
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Share relevant tools and resource documents to support country level activities.
Learning Champion Working Group
Objective:
To support each Learning Champion to develop and implement a plan to improve
national assessment systems, including the use of data to improve learning and to to
derive lessons, strategies and products to support the broader experimentation with
and extension of the LMTF domains of learning and areas of measurement.
Members:
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Learning Champion Technical Experts (15 – one from each Learning Champion)
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Technical Experts with cross-national and regional experience (10 from LMTF
Partner organizations)
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Learning Champion Working Group Co-Chairs
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LMTF Secretariat (CUE)
Knowledge Sharing and Key Dates
• Partner Update – October 2014
• Next Partner Update – January 2015
• Call for new members – Release in October 2014
• In-person meeting – First week of February 2015;
place TBD
THANK YOU!
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