Results of Pilot SA EGRA and EGMA

Results of the Pilot Test of the Self-Administered EGRA and EGMA

https://shared.rti.org/content/report-self-administered-egraegma-pilot-ghana-english

RTI International piloted tablet-based, self-administered Early Grade Reading (SA-EGRA) and Mathematics (SA-EGMA) assessments in Ghana to measure foundational literacy and numeracy. Over 800 students in grades 1 and 3 completed the tools, which showed strong reliability and promising validity compared to traditional EGRA/EGMA. Spelling tasks in SA-EGRA correlated highly (r = 0.828) with oral reading fluency, and math tasks demonstrated acceptable consistency. These innovations reduce assessor burden and enable scalable, child-driven assessments in low-resource contexts. Findings confirm that digital self-assessments can provide accurate, efficient measures of learning outcomes, paving the way for broader deployment.