2024 What Works Hub for Global Education Annual Conference

Opening remarks 

Noam Angrist (University of Oxford, What Works Hub for Global Education) 

Rachel Hinton (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office) 

Session 1: Country research plans 

Tahir Andrabi (Pomona College; Principal Investigator, Pakistan)  

James Habyarimana (Georgetown University; Principal Investigator, Tanzania) 

Clare Leaver (University of Oxford, What Works Hub for Global Education, Ghana and Sierra Leone) 

Abhijeet Singh (Stockholm School of Economics; Principal Investigator, India) 

Andrew Zeitlin (Georgetown University; Principal Investigator, Rwanda) and Leodomir Mfura (Innovations for Poverty Action; Principal Investigator, Rwanda) 

Chair: Noam Angrist (University of Oxford, What Works Hub for Global Education) 

Session 2: Testing scalable models  

Jeffery McManus (IDInsight): Scaling up remedial education in India: Evidence from two RCTs of the same program at different scales 

– Slide deck

Lontum Ncahdze (Oregon State University): Malawi National Numeracy Programme Evaluation 

Takao Maruyama (Japan International Cooperation Agency): The Iterative Process of Generating and Using Evidence to Address Learning Crisis in Madagascar: A Case from the JICA-supported Project

– Slide deck

Sharon Schroen (VVOB |education for development): Designing and Testing Scalable Teacher Motivation Interventions: Using Context-Driven Methodologies in Zambia 

Chair: John Floretta (J-PAL)

High-level policy panel: Policy initiatives in What Works Hub for Global Education countries

Hajia Nana Fatima High (Ghana Education Outcomes Project)

Moitshepi Matsheng (Youth Impact; Botswana National Youth Council)  

Aneth Komba (Tanzania Institute of Education) 

Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane (National Department of Basic Education, South Africa)

Chair:  Michelle Kaffenberger (University of Oxford, What Works Hub for Global Education)

Keynote panel:

The potential and pitfalls of implementation science 

Rukmini Banerji (Pratham Education Foundation) 

Luis Benveniste (World Bank) 

Dean Karlan (Northwestern University; Innovations for Poverty Action; USAID) 

Dzingai Mutumbuka (former Minister of Education and Culture, Zimbabwe) 

Chair: Stefan Dercon (University of Oxford)

Opening remarks 

Session 1: Adaptive testing and iteration   

Nancy Gikandi (Dignitas): Optimizing Education Interventions for Impact@Scale: Lessons Learned from Dignitas’ LeadNow Testing

– Slide deck

Claire Cullen (Youth Impact): Identifying Scalable Models: Aggregating Evidence Across 8 Rounds of a Numeracy Intervention

Dewi Susanti (Global School Leaders): Iterating the Role of School Principals in Improving Foundational Numeracy through Individual and Group Targeting in India and Indonesia

– Slide deck

Rebecca Daltry (EdTech Hub): Digital personalised learning in Kenya: findings from a multi-strand implementation research study

– Slide deck

Chair: Sabina Morley (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Session 2: Under the hood: understanding implementation details of effective pedagogical programmes 

TJ D’Agostino (University of Notre Dame): Integrating Implementation Research into an Impact Evaluation: Understanding Variation in Early Grade Reading Program Effects to Drive Improvement in Haiti 

Stephen Taylor (National Department of Basic Education, South Africa): Using back-end user data to observe curriculum implementation fidelity and explain treatment effects: Experimental evidence from South Africa

– Slide deck

Daniel Iddrisu (University of Cambridge, REAL Centre): ‘What Works’ and Where? Mapping and Synthesising African Early Childhood Education and Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Research 

Guthrie Gray-Lobe (University of Chicago): The Value of Concision: An analysis of the impact of shorter and clearer teacher guides in a standardized model of education 

Chair: Laura Savage (International Education Funders Group)

Lunch

High-level policy panel: Evidence ecosystems with and within governments   

Armando Ali (The People’s Action for Learning Network)

Dhir Jhingran (Language and Learning Foundation) 

Maroof Syed (Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan) 

Pauline Rose (University of Cambridge) 

Chair: Judith Herbertson (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

3.45pm – 5.00pm 

High-level multilateral and donor panel: Evidence uptake  

Nathanael Bevan (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office) 

Christine Beggs (Alternatives in Development) 

Hetal Thukral (USAID) 

Donika Dimovska (Jacobs Foundation) 

Linda Jones (UNICEF Innocenti)

Chair: Noam Angrist (University of Oxford, What Works Hub for Global Education)

Clare Leaver (University of Oxford, What Works Hub for Global Education) 

Clio Dintilhac (Gates Foundation)