Short Abstract

The presentation demonstrates how a rigorous impact and process evaluation can generate robust evidence and drive real-time improvements. Oxford MeasurEd will present how they designed an evaluation for learning, while Right to Play will show how findings are already shaping their programme.

Description

Enhancing Quality and Inclusive Education (EQIE) 2.0 programme is a multi-country initiative delivered by Right to Play and funded by NORAD. It aims to improve foundational literacy and socio-emotional learning (SEL) through play-based pedagogy in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Lebanon and Palestine. In Ethiopia, the programme involves in-service teacher training and training for the head teachers and District Education Officials who will support teachers to change their practice.

Right to Play have commissioned Oxford MeasurEd to deliver an independent evaluation of EQIE 2.0 in Ethiopia and to support their internal monitoring and learning throughout the five-year programme. This presentation focuses on how the evaluation design combines generating rigorous evidence and supporting real-time programme improvement.

Oxford MeasurEd will present how they have designed a robust efficacy trial to assess the programme’s impact on literacy and SEL outcomes, along with a mixed-methods process evaluation to provide timely insights into whether and how the programme is working and classroom practice is changing. This integrated design enables the evaluation to produce credible impact evidence for funders and policymakers while continuously informing programme delivery and adaptation.

Right To Play will present how baseline findings have guided adjustments in design, including refining teacher training content, adapting coaching strategies and prioritising what to monitor. They will discuss how – supported by Oxford MeasurEd – they have embedded a culture of “evidence into action”, ensuring that learning and reflection are integrated throughout the intervention. RTP will also share practical insights from the baseline that have supported adaptations to design.

The presentation will demonstrate how robust evaluation can function as both an accountability mechanism and a driver of adaptive practice. By combining a randomised trial with embedded feedback loops, EQIE 2.0 offers a model for how evaluation partnerships can generate actionable evidence, strengthen learning systems, and contribute to sustained improvements in education quality.