Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) (2006-2010)

$1.93M USD

Funder	U.S. Agency for International Development
Recipient Organization	RTI International
Country	World
Start Date	Apr 21, 2007
End Date	Sep 15, 2010
Duration	1,243 days
Number of Grantees	11
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`175738-76`

Grant Description

The Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) is an oral student assessment designed to measure the most basic foundation skills for literacy acquisition in the early grades: recognizing letters of the alphabet, reading simple words, understanding sentences and paragraphs, and listening with comprehension.

EdData II developed the EGRA methodology and has applied it in 11 countries and 19 languages.