Learning

As a research institute, RTI uses evidence-based approaches to strengthen policy, management, and practice in the countries where we work, with each context presenting unique challenges and opportunities based on their conditions.

Reading, the bedrock of literacy, is the foundational skill necessary for all academic progress. Designing high-quality primary grade reading programs is essential to ensuring a pipeline of students who remain in school, achieve educational success, and contribute to economic growth.

Saide’s African Storybook initiative, launched in 2014, responds to the shortage of local language early reading materials in sub-Saharan Africa through a digital open license publishing model.

Literacy skills are a fundamental component of most daily living skills. However, most students with disabilities in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) are not given literacy instruction.

Aristarick Lyimo, Training and Curriculum Development Specialist for Reading within Reach, represented REACH at a workshop in Pretoria, South Africa, organized by All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development. Attendees included Africa USAID Missions and representatives of Ministries of Education in Africa.

Assessment of reading and writing in the early grades is essential—but not to enforce any single view or to put unnecessary pressure on young children or their teachers.