RISE Annual Conference 2017
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About the event
RISE is a large scale, multi-country research programme developed to answer the question: “How can education systems be reformed to deliver better learning for all?” The RISE Programme Annual Conferences bring together high profile academics and policy makers for two days of lively debate.
The 2017 conference featured presentations of the diagnostic studies from the four initial RISE country programmes in India, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Vietnam as well as various sessions relating to education systems research. A special panel session on diagnosing system incoherence took place on Day 1 of the conference with panellists Claudia Costin (Center for Innovation and Excellence in Education Policies/Getulio Vargas Foundation), Alec Gershberg (New School University), Jaime Saavedra (Education Global Practice at the World Bank Group), and Liesbet Steer (Director of the Education Commission).
The full conference programme and RISE Annual Conference 2017 conference report are now available to view.
Conference livestream: day 1
Conference livestream: day 2
Conference photo montage
Event Programme
Thursday 15 June
09:00 - Welcome
Session 1: Politics of Reform
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Barbara Bruns (Center for Global Development) and Pablo Cevallos Estarellas (UNESCO-IIEP): The Politics of Transforming Education in Ecuador: Confrontation and Continuity, 2006-2016 (Lead author Ben Ross Schneider) - PRESENTATION
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Alec Gershberg (New School University): Trying to Learn from Complex Education System Reform Processes: Guideposts for Navigating Political Waters from Case Studies - PRESENTATION
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Joseph Wales (Overseas Development Institute): How are Education Systems, Reforms and Learning Outcomes Shaped by Political Context? - PRESENTATION
11:00 - RISE Country Research Team (CRT) Session 1: Research Presentations
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Tassew Woldehanna (Addis Ababa University): Is Preschool Education Instrumental for the Completion of Secondary Education in Ethiopia? Lessons Drawn from the Longitudinal Data of Young Lives (co-author Mesele W. Araya) - PRESENTATION
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Alejandro Ganimian (J-Pal): Disrupting Education: Experimental Evidence on Technology-Aided Instruction in India
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Menno Pradhan (VU University/University of Amsterdam): Double for Nothing? Experimental Evidence on the Impact of an Unconditional Teacher Salary Increase on Student Performance in Indonesia - PRESENTATION
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James Habyarimana (Georgetown University): The Political Economy of Systemic Reform in Tanzanian Education - PRESENTATION
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Paul Glewwe (University of Minnesota): What Explains Vietnam’s Exceptional Performance in Education Relative to Other Countries? Analysis of the 2012 PISA Data - PRESENTATION
13:00 - Lunchtime Panel: Bilateral Perspectives: What Does a Systems Approach to Education Mean in Practice?
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David Coleman (Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - DFAT)
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Laura Savage (UK’s Department for International Development - DFID)
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Tjip Walker (US Agency for International Development - USAID)
14:00 - CRT Session 2: System Diagnostics
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India CRT - Alejandro Ganimian (J-PAL)
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Pakistan CRT - Jishnu Das (World Bank)
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Tanzania CRT - Andrew Zeitlin (Georgetown University)
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Vietnam CRT - Jonathan London (Leiden University)
16:30 - Keynote Panel: Why is Learning in Crisis? Diagnosing System Incoherence
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Claudia Costin (Center for Innovation and Excellence in Education Policies/Getulio Vargas Foundation)
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Alec Gershberg (New School University)
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Jaime Saavedra (Education Global Practice at the World Bank Group)
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Liesbet Steer (Education Commission)
Friday 16 June
09:00 - Session 2: Alternative Modalities of Provision
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Farzana Afridi (Indian Statistical Institute): Improving Learning Outcomes Through Information Provision: Evidence from Indian Villages (co-authors Bidisha Barooah and Rohini Somanathan) - PRESENTATION
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Felipe Barrera-Osorio (Harvard University): Leveraging the Private Sector to Improve Primary School Enrolment: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Pakistan (co-author Dhushyanth Raju) - PRESENTATION
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Natalie Bau (University of Toronto): The Misallocation of Pay and Productivity in the Public Sector: Evidence from the Labor Market for Teachers (co-author Jishnu Das) - PRESENTATION
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Moussa Blimpo (World Bank): Scaling Up Children’s School Readiness in The Gambia: Lessons from an Experimental Study (co-author Todd Pugatch) - PRESENTATION
11:30 - RISE Country Research Team Session 3: Overview of New Research Teams
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Tassew Woldehanna (Addis Ababa University) - PRESENTATION
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Amanda Beatty (Mathematica Policy Research)
14:00 - Session 3: Methods and Measurement
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Alejandro Ganimian (J-PAL): Teaching, Not Talent: Identifying the Source of Poor Educational Performance in Developing Countries (co-authors Abhijit Banerjee, Swati Bhattacharjee, and Raghabendra Chattopadhyay)
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Julie Buhl-Wiggers (University of Copenhagen): The Impact of Teacher Effectiveness on Student Learning in Africa (co-authors Jason kerwin, Jeffrey Smith, and Rebecca Thornton) - PRESENTATION
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David Evans (World Bank): The Economic Returns to Interventions that Increase Learning (co-author Fei Yuan) - PRESENTATION
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Shwetlana Sabarwal (World Bank): Better Than Most: Teacher Self-Beliefs in Uganda (co-authors James Habyarimana and Kanishka Kacker) - PRESENTATION
16:30 - Session 4: Pedagogy
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Yared Seid (International Growth Centre): The Impact of Learning in Mother Tongue First: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Ethiopia - PRESENTATION
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Ingo Outes-Leon (University of Oxford, Blavatnik School of Government): Growth Mindset at Scale (co-authors Alan Sanchez and Renos Vakis) - PRESENTATION