During the Global Reading Network’s Early grade reading benchmarks: Methods, experience and future directions webinar on 27 June 2018, Leslie Rosales from Juárez & Associates’ Guatemala office presented USAID LifeLong Learning Project’s experience on establishing a fluency benchmark using a regression discontinuity approach. Establishing benchmarks is part of a longitudinal study about learning to read...
As in years past, J&A was a cosponsor of the Comparative & International Education Society’s (CIES) annual conference in Mexico City in March, 2018. The firm’s staff made three presentations: Political Economy of National Consultants: Engaging local expertise, learning from the South! Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development for Out-of-School Youth in the Guatemalan Western Highlands...
In the spring of 2017, Juárez & Associates’ staff and consultants offered an International Development course to select undergraduate UCLA students who were interested in the subject from an interdisciplinary perspective in order to advance sustainable solutions to real world problems of their own choosing. The subject matter of the course addressed such questions as:...
On 26 October 2016, at UCLA, Juárez & Associates hosted a luncheon/roundtable discussion on socioeconomic development in Central America, Mexico and the U.S. with Consuls General of Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico. Coordinated by Octavio Pescador, the event offered the J&A Guatemala team an opportunity to share USAID Leer y Aprender project highlights with the...
Juárez & Associates Awarded Four New IDIQs as a Subcontractor Los Angeles, CA – August 2015 In the past year, the following partner organizations have received Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ*) Contracting Mechanisms with J&A as a subcontractor: USAID Advancing Basic Education Access for All (ABE ACCESS, 2014-2019) – J&A is an available subcontractor to...
Los Angeles, CA – June 2015 In June 2015, Juarez & Associates was awarded a Task Order under our ABE-ACR Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract to conduct an Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) in Madagascar. The purpose of the Task Order is to carry out an EGRA to assess the reading skills of the...
Los Angeles, CA – October 9, 2009 Juárez & Associates was awarded a new contract from USAID / Reforma Educativa en el Aula, effective September 2009 to September 2013, whose overall objective is to ensure education reform in the classroom and the application of effective, innovative approaches to increase and improve basic education opportunities in...
Los Angeles, CA – February 2015 In February 2015, Juarez & Associates received an agreement to assist the Aspen Institute’s Evidence Based Task Force to evaluate the role of evidence-based research and analysis in sustaining and increasing government funding for early childhood education, specifically targeting two-generation early childhood programs. The objectives were to: Identify the...
Juárez & Associates Awarded Subgrant for the USAID LAC Reads Capacity Program Los Angeles, CA – December 2014 J&A is an active subgrantee to the American Institutes for Research (AIR), with the objective of improving and sustaining early grade reading across the Americas. The project, called the LAC Reads Capacity Program (LRCP), is a partnership...
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