USAID is in the process of developing enhanced guidelines for the administration and scoring of early grade reading assessments. This consultation is designed for organizations which want to contribute their expertise and experience to this important process. The consultation will focus on the following issues:

• Research Design and Sampling Frameworks
• EGRA Analysis Guidelines
• Creating Public Use Files for Data Sets
• Equating EGRA Across Same Language Applications
• Creating Comparable EGRA Instruments Cross Language
• Inter-Rater Reliability

When: Thursday, March 5 - Friday, March 6, 2015

Where: University Research Co., LLC, Bethesda, MD 

Presenters: Panel of early grade reading assessment experts

Workshop Format: Both in-person and virtual attendees may register. In-person attendance is limited, so please register early. On-line participation is unlimited.

Registration Details: For In Person Registration click here. Register here for online/Webex EVENT.