'The Science of Scale and Implementation: New Frontiers for Research' at the CSAE Conference 2026 YouTube video by Centre for the Study of African Economies

Watch 'The Science of Scale & Implementation' panel from the CSAE Conference 2026.

@noamangrist.bsky.social chairs a panel on scaling interventions, adapting across contexts, and sustaining impact.

🗣️James Habyarimana, Dean Karlan, Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane
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We recently presented at the AI Impact Summit in India, joining leaders from 80+ countries 🌍 exploring how AI can support global education.

Read our reflections and learn more about our AI work in India 👇
🔗 www.youth-impact.org/blog/present...

#AIImpactSummit #AI4Development #YouthImpact

Learn more: www.youth-impact.org/hubs/south-a...

#TaRL #SouthAfrica #YouthImpact #FoundationalLearning

Too many children are in school—but not learning 📚

Since 2023, we’ve partnered with the government to scale TaRL in South Africa, grouping learners by level and teaching them accordingly ✏️

#TaRL #SouthAfrica #YouthImpact #FoundationalLearning

Don't miss today's A/B testing workshop ‼️
#CIES2026

Implementation Measurement: How to capture and improve delivery of education programmes Workshop Saturday March 28, 4:30 to 5:45pm Marla Spivack, World Bank Emily Gray, FCDO Lea Simpson, Brink Innovation Daniele Ressler, TaRL Africa Noam Angrist, What Works Hub for Global Education Ben Piper, Gates Foundation David Hylden, Prevail Fund Tom Dreesen, UNICEF Clio Dintilhac, Gates Foundation Amanda Beatty, Pratham International

📏 When budgets are tight, regular & systematic implementation measurement is more essential than ever.

Join us at a #CIES2026 workshop where we'll outline a practical approach with useful tools to help researchers & implementers track & compare implementation across a range of education programmes.

Join us on 29 March for a hands-on workshop on A/B testing at #CIES2026 📊

We’ll break down what A/B testing is, share real examples from our work and partners, and explore how you can use it to deepen impact, reduce costs, and scale more effectively.

#IterativeTesting #ImplementationScience

🌍 Youth Impact at CIES 2026

We’re thrilled to be back at CIES this year, joining several sessions to share insights from our work.

See our full session schedule 👇

#CIES2026 #GlobalEducation #FoundationalLearning #EvidenceInAction #YouthImpact

Happening soon! 🚨

Register: www.wwhge.org/events/itera...

📍 Webinar: Iterative A/B Testing — A Practical Toolkit to Optimise What Works at Scale | 11 March

👉Register: www.wwhge.org/events/itera...

@wwhglobaled.bsky.social @poverty-action.bsky.social @theagencyfund.bsky.social @noamangrist.bsky.social

#IterativeTesting #Education #ImplementationScience

📌 Learn more about our work in India: www.youth-impact.org/india

#AIForGood #EdTech #TeachingAtTheRightLevel #India #AI4Development

💡We’ve piloted an AI-powered assessment bot in India that runs quick diagnostics to determine exactly where a child is in their learning journey, enabling more targeted instruction. By reducing the time spent on manual assessments and grouping, teachers can reach 25% more students.

Three ways India is using AI for development Organisations in India are already using AI for development across its courts, classrooms and farms.

📽️Watch our Head of Research and Innovation, Claire Cullen, join the @voxdev.bsky.social Ideas in Development Podcast to discuss how India is leveraging AI for development: voxdev.org/topic/techno...

#AIForGood #EdTech #TeachingAtTheRightLevel #India #AI4Development

Ganitha Ganaka: Helping kids catch up in maths YouTube video by Youth Impact

📽️ Learn more about Ganitha Ganaka: youtu.be/wpWUbh_ZvXk?...

#AIForGood #GlobalSouth #IndiaAIImpactSummit #AI4Development

🤝 Valuable conversations that unlocked new collaboration and problem-solving opportunities
🏛️ Co-designing with government from day one is critical for sustainable scale
🧠 Meaningful AI requires collaboration, experimentation, and deep contextual understanding

#IndiaAIImpactSummit #AI4Development

Our biggest takeaways:

🔎 Strong interest in both our pilot results and the technical roadblocks we’re tackling, especially child voice recognition
🤝 Valuable conversations that unlocked new collaboration and problem-solving opportunities

Reflections from the India AI Impact Summit 2026 ✨

Last week, we joined changemakers from across the Global South to explore how AI can drive real social impact. A key highlight? Presenting Ganitha Ganaka (ConnectEd) and our experiments with an AI-led assessment bot.

#IndiaAIImpactSummit

Scaling What Works: Institutionalizing mEducation in Public Education Systems Many evidence-based education innovations struggle to move from pilot to system-wide adoption. This webinar will explore how mEducation has successfully demonstrated both impact and scalability. Desig...

👉 Ideal for funders, policymakers, education leaders, and implementers
📆 24 February 2026
🔗 Register here: hundred.org/en/events/sc...
📘 Learn more about mEducation: poverty-action.org/mEducation

📈Scaling What Works: Institutionalizing mEducation in Public Education Systems

Join this webinar hosted by @hundredorg.bsky.social and @poverty-action.bsky.social , featuring our co-founder @noamangrist.bsky.social, to explore what it takes to institutionalise what works.

Graphic saying: 2026 What Works Hub for Global Education Conference at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford and online. 15–16 September 2026. Save the date

📢 Save the date: the What Works Hub for Global Education Conference 2026 will take place on 15–16 September this year!

📍 The conference will be held at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford, UK, & it will be accessible online.

#WWHGEConf26 #ImplementationScience

Teaching at the Right Level | Youth Impact

🔗Learn more about TaRL: www.youth-impact.org/teaching-at-...

#TaRL #TeachingAtTheRightLevel #NumeracyMatters #FoundationalLearning

This is another important step on our journey toward seeing Teaching at the Right Level implemented in every primary school across the country. We’re excited to see how this momentum will translate on the ground and into meaningful learning gains for every learner.

💡What happens when educators unite around 1 goal; improving numeracy for every learner? Last week in South East Botswana, 95 teachers & Heads of Department from 20 schools came together for TaRL numeracy training, ready to strengthen foundational maths skills in the classroom.

A/B Testing Toolkit | Youth Impact

🛠️ We’ve shared what we’ve learned in a free A/B Testing Toolkit for implementers: www.youth-impact.org/insights/a-b...

👉Read the full article: ssir.org/articles/ent...

#YouthImpact #ABTesting #WhatWorks #SocialImpact

💡How do you actually put A/B testing into practice?

We’ve learned it works best when tests are small, practical, and built into real program decisions, prioritizing learning over perfection.

#YouthImpact #ABTesting #WhatWorks #SocialImpact

Iterative A/B Testing for Social Impact: Rigorous, Rapid, Regular (SSIR) How organizations can close the gap between measurement and implementation

Discover how these principles transform program decisions.

🔗 Read more: ssir.org/articles/ent...

Explore our A/B testing toolkit: www.youth-impact.org/insights/a-b...

#MonitoringAndEvaluation #ImpactOptimization

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What makes iterative A/B tests so powerful for social impact work? It’s the Three Rs:
🔹 Rigorous — causal evidence from randomized variations
🔹 Rapid — results in weeks or months
🔹 Regular — continuous learning cycle

#MonitoringAndEvaluation #ImpactOptimization

Graphic saying: The learning dividend #1: The economic multiplier. What if 90% of 10-year-olds could read... $196 trillion in additional economic output. Universal foundational learning delivers better reading, school completion, higher skills, more & better jobs, stronger economies.

Graphic saying: The learning dividend #1: The economic multiplier. Fueling household and national prosperity. Achieving universal foundational learning in the present leads to +27% increase in per capita GDP (relates to increases in household incomes) leads to achieving long-term economic gains by 2050.

Graphic saying: The learning dividend #1: The economic multiplier. Universal foundational learning: The dividend for governments. $21.4 trillion in extra tax revenue. This revenue provides for health, education, and infrastructure investments.

📚 What would happen to the global economy if 90% of children could read by age 10?

A new analysis of 114 countries finds that universal #FoundationalLearning would produce
🌍 +$196 trillion in economic output
👛 +27% in per capita GDP
& more.

➡️ Read: buff.ly/xIy4MEd

Core components of teaching at the right level - What Works Hub for Global Education This paper uses evidence & implementer insights to unpack proven teaching at the right level programmes into a set of ‘core components.’

📣 New piece on the core components of teaching at the right level combining insight from RCTs + adjacent fields + implementer views. To scale programs, we need to know their core components - what can't be removed to preserve impact & what can be removed to lower cost:
www.wwhge.org/resources/co...