Assessing the assessments: Taking stock of learning outcomes data in India.

ABSTRACT: Data on learning outcomes is essential for tracking progress in achieving education goals, understanding what education policies work (and don't work), and holding public officials accountable. We assess the accuracy and reliability of India's two nationally representative surveys on learning outcomes, ASER and NAS, so that users of these datasets may better understand when, and for what purposes, these two datasets can reasonably be used. After restricting our sample to maximize comparability between the two datasets, we find that NAS state averages are significantly higher than ASER state averages and averages from an independently conducted and nationally representative survey (IHDS). In addition, state rankings based on NAS data display almost no correlation with state rankings based o

SUBMITTER: Johnson D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8246517 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature