RISE Annual Conference 2016
16-17 June 2016 at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Thursday 16 June 2016
Session 1: Teachers
Chair: Geeta Kingdon (Institute of Education, University College London)
- The Impact of Teacher Networks on Teacher Motivation: Midline Results from Two RCTs
- Presenters: Ronald Abraham (IDinsight) and Sharath Jeevan (STiR Education)
- What Do Teachers Know and Do? A Report Card on Primary Teachers in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Presenter: Tessa Bold (IIES, Stockholm University)
- Through the Looking Glass: Can Classroom Observation and Coaching Improve Teacher Performance in Brazil
- Presenter: Leandro Costa (World Bank)
- Presentation Slides
- Inside In-Service Teacher Training: What Works, What is Happening, and How Do We Measure It?
- Presenter: David Evans (World Bank)
- Presentation Slides
Country Research Team Session 1
Chair: Kara Hanson (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
Session 2: Politics of Change
Chair: Patrícia Tavares (University of Oxford)
- A Political Economy Analysis of Education in India
- Geeta Kingdon (Institute of Education, University College London)
- Working Together: Strengthening School Leadership-Teacher-Parent Relationships to Achieve Positive Education Outcomes for Learners
- Presenters: Anne McLennan (Wits School of Governance, University of Witwatersrand) and Barbara Dale-Jones (BRIDGE)
- Managing the Politics of Quality Reforms in Education: Policy Lessons from Global Experience
- Presenter: Ben Ross Schneider (Department of Political Science, MIT)
- Presentation Slides
- Pivoting to Learning: A Puzzle with Many Pieces
- Presenter: Susan Watkins (Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania)
Invited Panel Session: Strategies for Meeting the Education SDGs
Chair: Luis Benveniste (World Bank)
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Children’s Investment Fund Foundation: Robin Horn
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RISE: Justin Sandefur
- World Development Report: Deon Filmer and Halsey Rogers
Poster Presentations
- Melanie Ehren - Systematic Review of School Accountability in LMIC; Wrangling with Realist Synthesis
- Ricardo Estrada - The Effect of the Increasing Demand for Elite Schools on Stratification
- Patrícia Tavares - Implementing Systemic Change Needs Comprehensive Information
- Samuel Weldeegzie - Conflict Exposure and Childhood Human Capital Outcomes
University of Oxford MPP Students
- Phalla Chea - Education Reform in Cambodia
- Hani Jesri - Educating Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon: Challenges and Opportunities
- Diwakar Kishore and Jose Valdivieso - Governance in India and Columbia
- Difaf Sharba - Do Bright, Ambitious People Want to Become Teachers? A Case Study of Education Policy in Syria
Friday 17 June 2016
Session 3: Governance
Chair: Ritva Reinikka (World Bank)
- Community Engagement Mechanisms: Field Experiment in Pakistan (with Dhushyanth Raju, Nazmul Chaudhury and Amina Riaz)
- Presenter: Salman Asim (World Bank)
- Does Government’s Monitoring of Schools Work? A Study of the Frontline Education Bureaucracy in India
- Presenter: Kiran Bhatty (Centre for Policy Research)
- Decentralisation, Disadvantage and Incentives
- Presenter: Roy Carr-Hill (Institute of Education, University College London)
- Presentation Slides
- School Management in Uganda
- Presenter: Lee Crawfurd (Center for Global Development)
- Presentation Slides
Country Research Team Session 2
Chair: Luis Crouch (RTI International)
Session 4: Methods
Chair: Yuli Tamir (Shenkar)
- Using Value-Added Measures to Assess Teacher and School Performance: US Lessons for Developing Countries
- Presenter: Duncan Chaplin (Mathematica Policy Research)
- Fostering and Measuring Skills: Improving Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills to Promote Lifetime Success
- Presenter: Tim Kautz (Mathematica Policy Research)
- Presentation Slides
- Difficulties with Systematic Reviews of Educational Outcomes in International Development Research
- Presenter: Caine Rolleston (Institute of Education, University College London)
- Developing Management: An Expanded Evaluation Tool for Developing Countries
- Presenter: Daniela Scur (University of Oxford)
Conference Documents
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 objective of the RISE Annual Conference 2016 was to bring together high profile academics and policy makers to discuss the emerging RISE research agenda. The event featured two Country Research Team (CRT) sessions focusing on the research proposed by the country teams selected under the first call, and four contributed sessions focusing on themes central to the RISE research agenda: teachers, governance, the politics of change, and methods for education systems research. There was also an invited session where globally prominent panellists debated strategies for meeting the education Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and an evening poster session showcasing papers with particularly interesting figures, stylised facts and trends.
The 2016 conference report can now be viewed and downloaded here.