Investing in Education: a Time for Bold Decision-making
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Overview
Focusing on just a very few achievable indicators centred on foundational learning is suggested by some as a promising way to improve overall student learning outcomes and build effective and inclusive education systems. What should those indicators be and how can they be acted upon avoiding abstraction and over-complexity? How can learning data help build feedback loops to identify successes, areas of advancement and ultimately drive improvements in learning outcomes? What is needed to guarantee the quality, funding and analysis of this data so that it can serve a basis for reliable decision making? How can lessons from other sectors like health be adapted and transferred to education?
The Financial Times is delighted to be hosting in partnership with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a webinar to discuss the key challenges faced in measuring and tracking learning outcomes. It will explore the call for a handful of reliable, regular data points for LICs/LMICS by 2030 and build a shared understanding on how to achieve the objective of data driven performance and accountability in education.
Theme 1
What is the state of play regarding methodological tools, national strategies for learning assessments and internationally comparable indicators to measure progress towards key targets of SDG 4?
Theme 2
What are the challenges in setting benchmarks and indicators to monitor progress toward SDG 4 at the national, regional and global level? How can the focus on a very few achievable indicators related to foundational learning help actors identify priority areas, allocate resources appropriately and create effective, data-informed policies?
Theme 3
What are concrete initiatives that could be pursued to reinforce accountability towards results at the country, regional and global level?
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