Capacity building on Learning Assessment Data Analysis

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In keeping with the attempt to creating headway in SDG 4 and to trace progress in the direction of these targets, markedly the SDG4 goal 4.1, systematically assessing scholar studying outcomes and guaranteeing availability of studying evaluation knowledge with the required high quality has been deemed vital.

Consequently, MOE established the Evaluation and Nationwide Examination Division inside its Departments and instated a system to gauge the standard of training and measure the educational consequence of main faculty youngsters at Grades 3 and 5 known as the Monitoring the Studying Achievement (MLA). The MLA evaluation surveys centered on fundamental studying competencies within the domains of literacy and numeracy and at present. In Might 2023, the firth spherical of MLA was launched – the primary time since 2018. The information assortment and knowledge cleansing have been accomplished and the subsequent part is the method of knowledge evaluation, report writing and dissemination of the survey findings.  

The findings of such large-scale sample-based studying evaluation surveys inform insurance policies and programming in bettering the standard of training providers and studying. The standardized nationwide examination administered on the finish of the essential training cycle (Grade 8) can also be being analysed to serve a number of functions, together with appraisal of the standard of training providers.

MOE acknowledges the significance of bettering analysis and knowledge to deliver collectively related info to help nationwide and sub-national capacities to make sure fairness centered planning, useful resource allocation, monitoring and oversight. This entails institutionalizing studying evaluation surveys (MLA) with improved technical experience to spearhead and administer nationwide and sub-national degree studying assessments, successfully deal with evaluation designs, develop high quality of evaluation instruments and keep on knowledge evaluation and reporting to trace youngsters’s studying outcomes.

As a continuation of the coaching undertaken in Feb 2022, one of many suggestions to constructing a robust evaluation system primarily comprise- lack of technical experience for evaluation design, administration and evaluation owing to excessive attritions of expert workforce coupled with restricted availability of native establishments to supply capability constructing trainings and lack of sources to deliver concerning the required change, was to prepare sensible periods on knowledge evaluation.

To this finish, MOE with help from UNICEF strives to strengthen the Evaluation and Nationwide Examination Division, Analysis and Statistics group and Curriculum Panellists on large-scale studying evaluation and construct a robust knowledge system on youngsters’s studying consequence. 

How are you going to make a distinction? 

The general goal of the consultancy is to to rebuild the capability of the MLA group in order that they’ll be capable to help the event of a sound nationwide evaluation system that ensures well timed and related studying knowledge, together with contextual and fairness knowledge, are repeatedly gathered, analyzed, and used to tell actions to enhance studying, monitor traits in studying consequence of kids and youth and guarantee availability of knowledge on studying to observe progress on Sustainable Improvement Aim 4.

The advisor will probably be engaged in constructing the capability of the MOE Evaluation group via hands-on experiential studying on via 3 phases.

Part 1: On-line coaching

Remotely facilitate a 4-day coaching on knowledge evaluation with a selected concentrate on merchandise and knowledge evaluation procedures and the introduction of the open-source statistical software program R. Pattern knowledge from MLA-V will probably be used for the coaching.

Part 2: In-country workshop

Facilitate a 5 day in-country workshop for the MLA evaluation group offering help on the MLA-V knowledge evaluation utilizing the statistical software program R.

Part 3: Distant technical help

Upon drafting of the MLA-V report by MOE assessment report and supply technical help for its finalization.

Particular Duties, Deliverables and Timeline:

The advisor is anticipated to supply a complete scope of technical help on knowledge evaluation to the MOE MLA evaluation group together with via on-line coaching, nose to nose workshop and distant technical help.  The anticipated consequence of the technical help supplied is a high-quality MLA-V report developed by MOE with a complete set of knowledge evaluation unpacking the findings of Eritrean youngsters’s studying outcomes.

• Undertake coaching on merchandise and knowledge evaluation procedures utilizing R software program. Accomplished on-line coaching and a quick coaching report with advisable subsequent steps for the MOE evaluation group
• Facilitate on-site workshop for the MLA evaluation group offering help on the MLA-V knowledge evaluation utilizing the statistical software program R. guaranteeing top quality in-depth evaluation of the evaluation knowledge. Efficiently accomplished workshop and transient workshop Report
• Present distant technical help for MOE MLA group to finalise MLA-V knowledge evaluation and report. Finalised top quality knowledge evaluation and MLA-V report

 To qualify as an advocate for each baby you’ll have… 

• Superior Diploma in Schooling planning, Analysis and Analysis and psychometrics or some other associated social science/humanities area or eight (8) years’ expertise in lieu of a level.
• No less than 5 years of expertise within the planning, designing, implementation, check merchandise and instruments growth, knowledge assortment, knowledge evaluation and use of knowledge to help knowledge pushed training system. 
• Demonstrated expertise in creating Manuals, steerage notes and offering Coaching in studying evaluation and psychometry.
• Demonstrated expertise of comparable work with UNICEF or different UN businesses.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Communicates successfully via writing to diverse audiences.
• Consideration to element is required.
• Any familiarity with the Eritrea context is an asset.
• Capability to carry out duties and ship the specified merchandise whereas working exterior Asmara.

Easy methods to apply

• Certified candidates are requested to share their CVs, a proofread and copyedited pattern (draft and revised model), references, transient observe of how they envisage well timed completion of the task in keeping with the outlined steerage and a monetary proposal/quote to finish the phrases of reference above.
• Charges should embrace all bills associated to the task (e.g. skilled payment, subsistence allowance).

Purposes submitted with out a payment/charge won’t be thought of.

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Remarks:  

Solely shortlisted candidates will probably be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of. 

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