Jun 2

Past Event

Measuring Education Outcomes: Moving from Enrollment to Learning

Summary

On Wednesday, June 2, the Center for Universal Education at Brookings hosted a discussion on the need to refocus the international education dialogue from school enrollment to learning achieved in developing countries. Participants, who included education experts from academia, international organizations and government, assessed the current state of systematic efforts at the global level to measure learning outcomes.

Center for Universal Education Co-Director and Senior Fellow Jacques van der Gaag opened the event by charting the landscape of learning, including education outside the primary school classroom, during early childhood development and the importance of acquiring both cognitive and non-cognitive skills for ensuring learning outcomes.

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Details

June 2, 2010

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

The Brookings Institution

1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW

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Event Agenda

  • Introductory Remarks

    • Portrait: Jacques van der Gaag

      Jacques van der Gaag

      Senior Fellow

      Global Economy and Development

  • Presenters

    • Peter Savelyev

      Ph.D. Candidate, University of Chicago

    • Ludger Wößmann

      Professor of Economics, University of Munich (on leave at Hoover Institution, Stanford University)

    • Nicholas Burnett

      Principal and Managing Director, Results for Development Institute

    • Marguerite Clarke

      Senior Education Specialist, Human Development Network, The World Bank Group

    • Amber Gove

      Senior Education Analyst, Education Policy and Systems, RTI International

    • Jordan Naidoo

      Senior Education Advisor, - Scaling Up and System Reconstruction, UNICEF