The EdoBEST Effect
Edo is implementing a State-wide public education transformation, called the Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation or EdoBEST–aimed at improving outcomes across the entire State’s public primary and junior secondary school system.
Overview
In February 2019, the Edo state government commissioned a report called The EdoBEST Effect which was designed to look at learning gains in the first term of the EdoBEST program.
The study looked at 30 control schools 30 intervention schools and considered Primary 3 and Primary 4 students.
At a glance
- Primary 3 EdoBEST students scored six percentage points higher in maths and seven percentage points higher in English Literacy.
- More broadly, EdoBEST students scored higher on every exam.
- In math by two percentage points higher ‘status quo’ students.
- For English literacy, by five percentage points higher ‘status quo’ students.
- EdoBEST teachers were 54% more likely to praise their students.
- Increase in results driven almost entirely by girls who outperformed boys in EdoBEST and both boys and girls in ‘status quo’ schools.
Key Takeaway
- Students learned in one term what they would normally learn in one year. An EdoBEST school equates to nearly three-quarters of a year more math instruction and nearly two-thirds of a year more literacy instruction compared to a traditional Edo State primary school.
To note: this study was done in the first term of the EdoBEST program. The Edo State Government is in the process of commissioning a longer-term study to analyse the full impact of the EdoBEST program.
