Education and Training

Using Mobile Money

Using interactive SMS to send questions to training participants and gather information needed for payments via M-PESA.

Testing Reading Skills

Tangerine® enables electronic data collection for large early reading and math diagnostic assessments using the latest handheld tablets.

Tangerine Observations Pass the Half Million Mark

Tangerine, a mobile tool for testing and improving early grade reading and math skills, has now been used to collect more than 500,000 observations around the world.

EMIS

The EMIS Toolbox is an open source, data-mining tool that aggregates and presents data from Annual School Census (ASC) databases that was specifically designed to visually identify trends and outliers. Complex data can be easily viewed and analyzed through charts that compare indicators by geographic or administrative group and over time using standard reports, for example using school or district indicators.

Tangerine:Class

Tangerine:Class is open-source electronic data collection software that assists teachers in systematically collecting, analyzing, and using results from students’ continuous reading and early mathematics assessments to inform their teaching.

Tangerine:Class to Present at UNESCO Mobile Learning Week

RTI International will present Tangerine:Class at the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week in Paris, France, February 18-22.  The UNESCO Mobile Learning Week seeks to address how mobile technologies can be used to further the Education For All (EFA), specifically looking at:

  • the role of mobile learning in increasing adult and childhood literacy;
  • how mobile technology can improve quality of education (including supporting teachers); and
  • exploring mobile learning to improve gender equality in education.  
Tangerine Demonstration at National Press Club, Washington, DC

At this forum, a group of leading international education experts will discuss progress made and remaining challenges associated with assessing and improving literacy in developing countries. Following the discussion, RTI will provide a hands-on demonstration of Tangerine™, an open-source data collection software developed by RTI using internal funds. Designed for mobile devices, it records student responses to early grade reading and mathematics assessments and background questionnaires.

 

Tangerine Mobile for Early Grade Reading and Math Assessment (EGRA / EGMA)

RTI has released Tangerine™, a mobile software application for Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) and Early Grade Mathematics Assessment (EGMA). Tangerine is designed for use on mobile computers, including tablet computers and Android smartphones, and is optimized for touchscreens.

Tangerine

Tangerine® is electronic data collection software designed for use on mobile computers, including tablet computers and Android smartphones. Its primary use is to enable recording of students’ responses in oral early grade reading and mathematics skills assessments, specifically Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) and Early Grade Mathematics Assessment (EGMA), and interview responses from students, teachers and principals on home and school context information.

Bridging the Digital Disconnect in Indonesia’s Education System

More than 90% of Indonesian households do not have a computer or Internet access. This poses a major challenge in many parts of life, particularly in education.

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