Ketan --

Ketan --
University of Massachusetts Amherst | UMass Amherst · Center for Educational Assessment

Doctor of Philosophy

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Introduction
Over 10 years of experience in leading educational assessment projects for government, multilateral/bilateral agencies and international/national civil society organisations in the Global South. Conceptualised, developed and implemented large-scale learning assessments and impact evaluations, assessment training and capacity development programs. Currently enrolled in the PhD Research, Educational Measurement and Psychometrics program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Additional affiliations
April 2012 - July 2018
Pratham Education Foundation
Position
  • Head Assessment Unit - ASER
June 2023 - November 2023
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Position
  • Consultant - Research Development and Innovation in PISA
August 2018 - March 2021
People's Action for Learning (PAL) Network
Position
  • Assessment Lead
Education
September 2022 - September 2026
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Field of study
  • Research, Educational Measurement, and Psychometrics

Publications

Publications (8)
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This editorial discusses the recent downgrading of the UN's Sustainable Development Goal 4.1.1a, which tracks early-grade proficiency in these skills. The authors argue that this downgrading undermines global education efforts, especially in developing countries, by de-emphasizing foundational learning. They advocate for the development of country-...
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Efforts to address persistent intergenerational poverty in the Global South have focused, in part, on improving both access to and quality of schooling for all children, often including teacher training and provision of materials. Child Aid supports literacy development in hundreds of primary schools in indigenous communities in the rural highlands...
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The Task Force on Foundational Competencies in Educational Measurement has produced a set of foundational competencies and invited comment on the document. The students and faculty at the University of Massachusetts Amherst provide their comments and critique of the proposed competencies. Both students and faculty agree that there needs to be more...
Technical Report
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Due to various technical and methodological challenges, PISA has to date offered only limited accommodations for students with special education needs (SEN). As a result, some students are currently excluded from the PISA target population at the sampling stage, and in some countries, exclusion rates are growing as more and more students are recogn...
Technical Report
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ICAN is an open-source, robust and easy-to-use assessment tool, available in 11 languages, that offers international comparability of results aligned to SDG 4.1.1 (a). ICAN was developed through a collaborative effort among PAL Network member organisations in 13 low and middle-income countries across Africa, America and Asia. ICAN was developed th...
Technical Report
This report presents the results and findings from the endline data collection and impact assessment of five large education projects within United States (US) Agency for International Development (USAID)/India’s portfolio. The purpose of this evaluation activity is to provide data that will allow the Mission to report toward the Global Count and t...
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This article emphasizes the importance of ensuring foundational learning for all children. It discusses the evolution from simply expanding school enrollments to measuring learning outcomes, particularly under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The article highlights the gap between school attendance and actual learning, especially in low an...
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A majority of children in India are enrolled in schools; but are they learning well? Building on Pratham’s ‘Learning to Read’ methodology interventions to do away with the disconnect between schooling and basic learning, the Hybrid Learning initiative encourages discovery based learning of children in grades 5 through 8. This intervention focuses o...

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