RISE Annual Conference 2018

Thursday, 21 June 2018 

09:00 - Session I: Setting the Scene

Chair: Lant Pritchett (Center for Global Development/RISE)

• Emilie Berkhout (Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development/RISE): Indonesia Got Schooled: 15 Years of Rising Enrolment and Flat Learning Profiles (co-authors Amanda Beatty of Mathematica/RISE, Luhur Bima of the SMERU Research Institute/RISE, Thomas Coen of Mathematica, Menno Pradhan of the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development/RISE, and Daniel Suryadarma of the SMERU Research Institute/RISE) PRESENTATION SLIDES / VIDEO (This paper has now been updated and is accessible under the title, "Schooling Progress, Learning Reversal: Indonesia’s Learning Profiles between 2000 and 2014")

• Michelle Kaffenberger (RISE/World Bank): Estimating the Impact of Women’s Education on Fertility, Child Mortality, and Empowerment When Schooling Ain’t Learning (co-authors Lant Pritchett of the Center for Global Development/RISE and Justin Sandefur of the Center for Global Development/RISE) PRESENTATION SLIDES / VIDEO

• Rebecca Thornton (University of Illinois): Making the Grade: The Sensitivity of Education Program Effectiveness to Input Choices and Outcome Measures (co-author Jason Kerwin of the University of Minnesota) PRESENTATION SLIDES / VIDEO

• Tessa Bold (IIES/Stockholm University/CEPR/RISE): The Lost Human Capital: Teacher Knowledge and Student Achievement in Africa (co-authors Deon Filmer of the World Bank, Ezequiel Molina of the World Bank, and Jakob Svensson of IIES/Stockholm University, and CEPR) PRESENTATION SLIDES / VIDEO

11.00 - Session II: Curriculum

Chair: Clare Leaver (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford/RISE)

• Richard Shukia (University of Dar es Salaam/RISE): Is the System Tuned to Deliver? Evidence from the Competence Based Curriculum Reforms for Basic Education in Tanzania (co-author Aneth Komba of University of Dar es Salaam/RISE) PRESENTATION SLIDES / VIDEO

• Julius Atuhurra (Twaweza, East Africa): Basic Education Curriculum Effectiveness in East Africa: A Descriptive Analysis of Primary Mathematics in Uganda Using the ‘Surveys of Enacted Curriculum’ (co-author Violet Alinda of Twaweza, East Africa) PRESENTATION SLIDES / VIDEO

• Tarun Jain (Indian School of Business): Reshaping Adolescents’ Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India (co-authors Diva Dhar of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Seema Jayachandran of Northwestern University) PRESENTATION SLIDES / VIDEO

• Baela Jamil and Saba Saeed (Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi): Ins and Outs of Rolling Out Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) in Pakistan  VIDEO

13.30 - Session III: Information and Assessment (system in/coherence)

Chair: Justin Sandefur (Center for Global Development/RISE)

• Louise Yorke (REAL Centre, Cambridge/RISE): What is the Role of Information on Access and Assessment in Ensuring Equitable Learning in Ethiopia? (co-author Pauline Rose REAL Centre/RISE) VIDEO

• Ricardo Estrada (CAF-Development Bank of Latin America): Predicting Individual Wellbeing Through Test Scores: Evidence from a National Assessment in Mexico (co-authors Rafael de Hoyos and María José Vargas of the World Bank) PRESENTATION SLIDES / VIDEO

• Abhijeet Singh (Stockholm School of Ecnomics/RISE): Testing for What? Audit Study Evidence on the Reliability and Effectiveness of Large-Scale Test-Based Accountability in India (co-author Karthik Muralidharan of University of California, San Diego/NBER/RISE) VIDEO

15:30 - Session IV: Information and Assessment (evidence on accountability)

Chair: Pieter Serneels (University of East Anglia/RISE)

• Karthik Muralidharan (University of California, San Diego/NBER/RISE): Improving Public Sector Management at Scale? Experimental Evidence on School Governance in India (co-author Abhijeet Singh of the Stockholm School of Ecnomics/RISE) VIDEO

• Andrew Zeitlin (Georgetown University/RISE): Accountability and School Performance: Evidence from the Big Results Now Reform in Tanzania (co-authors Jacobus Cilliers of Georgetown University/RISE and Isaac Mbiti of University of Virginia/RISE) PRESENTATION SLIDES / VIDEO

• Agustina Paglayan (Center for Global Development/ UCSD): Why Do Politicians Invest in Education? Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3 PRESENTATION SLIDES / VIDEO

17.15 - Invited Session

Presentation by Jaime Saavedra (The World Bank) on the key elements for a successful educational reform, followed with an interview by Emma Duncan and discussion with Alec Gershberg (University of Pennsylvania/RISE)

18.30 - Drinks Reception with special guest Harriett Baldwin MP (UK Minister of State for Africa and Minister of State at the Department for International Development) in the Inamori Forum at the conference venue

Friday, 22 June 2018 

09:00 - Session V: Methods Morning (classroom observation, ethnographic research)

Chair: Alec Gershberg (University of Pennsylvania/RISE)

• Ezequiel Molina (World Bank) and Julia Ladics (Brown University) : The Measurement Crisis: An Assessment of How Countries Measure Classroom Practices (Co-authors Tracy Wilichowski of the World Bank, and Noah Yarrow of the World Bank) PRESENTATION SLIDES / VIDEO

• Joan DeJaeghere (University of Minnesota/RISE) and Phuong Luong (Hanoi University/RISE): Qualitative Analysis of Teaching and Learning Competencies: Video Study of Secondary Classrooms in Vietnam VIDEO

• Surayya Masood (Center for Economic Research in Pakistan/RISE): Self Expression, Relational Ethics, and Small Freedoms: the Domesticity of Young Women in Rural Pakistan VIDEO

• Barbara Bruns (Center for Global Development/RISE) VIDEO and Masooda Bano (University of Oxford) VIDEO: Reflections on Methods for Classroom Observation and Ethnographic Research

11.00 - Session VI: Teachers (motivation)

Chair: Justin Sandefur (Center for Global Development/RISE)

• Fei Yuan (World Bank): The Working Conditions of Teachers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (co-author David Evans of the World Bank) PRESENTATION SLIDES / VIDEO

• Naureen Karachiwalla (International Food Policy Research Institute): Educator Incentives and Educational Triage in Rural Primary Schools (co-authors Daniel O. Gilligan of International Food Policy Research Institute, Ibrahim Kasirye of Economic Policy Research Centre, Adrienne Lucas of University of Delaware/NBER, and Derek Neal of University of Chicago/NBER/IZA) PRESENTATION SLIDES / VIDEO

• Youdi Schipper (Twaweza/RISE): Designing Teacher Performance Pay Programs: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania (co-authors Isaac Mbiti of University of Virginia/J-PAL/IZA/RISE, Karthik Muralidharan of the University of California, San Diego/NBER/J-PAL/RISE, and Mauricio Romero of University of California, San Diego) PRESENTATION SLIDES / VIDEO

• Clare Leaver (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford/RISE) and Daniela Scur (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford/RISE): Why Does Management Matter? A Theoretical Framework (co-author Renata Lemos of the World Bank) VIDEO

12.30 - Panel on Global Indicators for Education 

Chair: Calum Miller (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford/RISE)

Roy Carr-Hill (UCL Institute of Education), Silvia Montoya (UNESCO), Kirsty McNichol (Australian Depatment of Foreign Affairs and Trade) VIDEO

13.45 - Session VII: Financing and the Role of the Private Sector

Chair: Daniela Scur (RISE)

• Michael Kremer (Harvard University): The Impact of Free Secondary Education: Experimental Evidence from Ghana (co-authors Esther Duflo of MIT and Pascaline Dupas of Stanford) VIDEO

• Vijay Kumar (Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford): Choice for the Poor or Poor Choice? Experimental Evidence on the Impact of India’s School Choice Policy PRESENTATION SLIDES / VIDEO

• Mauricio Romero (University of California, San Diego): Outsourcing Service Delivery in a Fragile State: Experimental Evidence from Liberia (co-authors Justin Sandefur of Center for Global Development/RISE and Wayne Aaron Sandholtz of University of California, San Diego) PRESENTATION SLIDES / VIDEO

• Jishnu Das (World Bank/RISE): Upping the Ante: The Equilibrium Effects of Unconditional Grants to Private Schools VIDEO

15:30 - Session VIII: Teachers (support)

Chair: Pieter Serneels (University of East Anglia/RISE)

• Mary Breeding (World Bank): Global Landscape of Teacher Professional Development Programs: The Gap Between Evidence and Practice (co-authors Anna Popova of Stanford University, David K. Evans of the World Bank, and Violeta Arancibia) PRESENTATION SLIDES / VIDEO

• Belay Hagos (Addis Ababa University/RISE): The Nexus Between the Practice of Induction and the Formation of Novice Teachers’ Professional Identity in Ethiopia (co-authors Berhanu Abera, Daniel Desta, Desalegn Chalchisa, Wossenu Yimam all of Addis Ababa University and Girma Lemma of Addis Ababa University/RISE) PRESENTATION SLIDES / VIDEO

• Janeli Kotze and Stephen Taylor (University of Stellenbosch): Moving Towards Cost-effective Delivery Models of Teacher Coaching: Evidence from Field Experiments in South Africa (co-author Brahm Fleisch) PRESENTATION SLIDES / VIDEO

17.00 - Final Remarks and Close