Our intervention was a multi-year, multi-phase program of training for head teachers in 800 schools, custom-designed with input from head teachers and delivered by a public-private partnership

Salman Asim WorldBank University of Minnesota NYU Global TIES for Children McCourt School .Salman Asim: A large-scale programme in Malawi aims to tackle the systemic binding constraints to learning. Via a school leader training programme, it aims to better leadership to improve issues like resource use in situations where textbooks exist but aren't used. #RISEConf2023

Salman Asim The intervention led to an improvement in test scores of 0.1 sd for a longitudinal sample of students

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Salman Asim WorldBank University of Minnesota NYU Global TIES for Children McCourt School Paul Glewwe: The training aimed to encourage teachers to use more interactive teaching methods like asking about interest rates at a bank or painting the stars on an umbrella to teach astronomy. Yet the training wasn't effective. #RISEConf2023

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Excited to present our experimental evidence on learning gains from training for school leaders in Malawi at #oxford_csae this morning. 11am, stop by! Salman Asim Stefan Dercon

Waiting for this one for a long time! Congrats Karthik Muralidharan

A two-year program of school leadership training for headteachers and deputies led to a 0.1 standard deviation increase in student test scores, equivalent to 8 week's additional learning: documents.worldbank.org/en/publication… (with Salman Asim, Stefan Dercon, and Donna Harris of Oxford)

Reforms to better target teachers to the most understaffed schools were inconsistently applied, but where followed, reduced school repetition rates by 2-3 points (but not dropout): documents.worldbank.org/en/publication… (with Salman Asim, Kerry Wong, and Martin Moreno)

Dynamic analysis using longitudinal data suggests that COVID-19 and the associated closure of schools led to 18 months (!) of lost learning in Malawi, including a slowdown in learning once schools reopened: documents.worldbank.org/en/publication… (with Salman Asim and @sbashir110)

These studies mark the culmination of a multi-year process of longitudinal data collection and analysis, with more to come! You can find more details of the project, as well as detailed baseline findings on a wide range of variables, here: openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publi…

This paper examines the results of a RCT across 1198 schools in Malawi, testing the impact on student progression & test scores of a 2-year intervention to strengthen leadership skills for head & deputy head teachers, & sub-district education officials. csae.ox.ac.uk/publication/20…

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Education is fundamentally about human interaction. Artificial Intelligence tools can make this interaction more effective and enjoyable; but it will never replace this interaction. My latest blogpost with Ezequiel Molina wrld.bg/7z4z50UsNS2

As one of the world's most technologically advanced nations, Korea is leveraging AI to enhance educational quality, creating a new classroom dynamic that is both teacher-led and AI-enabled. Blog by my colleagues Salman Asim Hayeon Kim and Cristian Aedo blogs.worldbank.org/en/education/t…

Find out more about the research project by Salman Asim, Ravinder Casley Gera (WorldBank), Donna Harris (@OxfordConted) & Stefan Dercon (Department of Economics, Oxford Blavatnik School of Government)👇 Working paper (click ORA record link): csae.ox.ac.uk/publication/20… Research project page👇 erinneconomics.web.ox.ac.uk/malawi-project

Really enjoyed recording this with Salman Asim, Donna and Madam Milner - with thanks of course our co-author Stefan Dercon