I haven’t had much time to write a blog entry this week and the one I was writing became too complicated (on cognitive bias and discrimination - started very intuitively but I became mired in very slow thinking). … [Read more...] about On theories of change and missing data: why I want a cat
Notes from the field: help me improve
[vsw id="thkzwHCKLrs" source="youtube" width="425" height="344" autoplay="no"] In my previous blog, I shared some thoughts on the challenges of evaluating and measuring teaching methods innovations. More specifically, on the challenges of measuring the impact of an intensive instruction program using the Rassias teaching method on English as a second language teaching. The … [Read more...] about Notes from the field: help me improve
Notes from the field: help me improve
In my previous blog, I shared some thoughts on the challenges of evaluating and measuring teaching methods innovations. More specifically, on the challenges of measuring the impact of an intensive instruction program using the Rassias teaching method on English as a second language teaching. The program is targeted at teachers with an intermediate to low level of English. In … [Read more...] about Notes from the field: help me improve
Impact evaluation, cost effectiveness and cost benefit analysis: back to the future?
In the last decade, attention has increasingly been placed on measuring and establishing the causality of the impact that development projects or interventions – either privately or publicly funded - have on an outcome of interest. In many areas such as health, education and social protection there is an emerging consensus on how to estimate the causal impact of interventions. … [Read more...] about Impact evaluation, cost effectiveness and cost benefit analysis: back to the future?
Impact evaluation, cost effectiveness and cost benefit analysis: back to the future?
In the last decade, attention has increasingly been placed on measuring and establishing the causality of the impact that development projects or interventions – either privately or publicly funded - have on an outcome of interest. In many areas such as health, education and social protection there is an emerging consensus on how to estimate the causal impact of … [Read more...] about Impact evaluation, cost effectiveness and cost benefit analysis: back to the future?