June

02
2010

1:00 pm EDT - 5:00 pm EDT

Past Event

Measuring Education Outcomes: Moving from Enrollment to Learning

  • Wednesday, June 2, 2010

    1:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT

The Brookings Institution

1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC

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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Agenda

  • June 2
    • Introductory Remarks

      JvdG
      Jacques van der Gaag
    • Presenters

      PS
      Peter Savelyev Ph.D. Candidate, University of Chicago
      LW
      Ludger Wößmann Professor of Economics, University of Munich (on leave at Hoover Institution, Stanford University)
      NB
      Nick Burnett Managing Director - Results for Development Institute
      MC
      Marguerite Clarke Senior Education Specialist, Human Development Network, The World Bank Group
      AG
      Amber Gove Senior Education Analyst, Education Policy and Systems, RTI International
      JN
      Jordan Naidoo Senior Education Advisor, - Scaling Up and System Reconstruction, UNICEF