The Basic Education Sector Transformation (BEST) was a five year Australian Government initiative, which provides targeted support across six key regions in the Philippines to improve education outcomes, services and access by marginalised groups. The purpose of the LearnBEST project was to evaluate the progress of students in the BEST regions, where ACTRC evaluated student outcomes in language, mathematics and science. The project included the use of assessment tools developed by ACTRC, covering Grades 3, 5, 7 and 10 in the selected subject domains. This project commenced in April 2017 and ran for three years in order to identify student achievement trends over time.
Project Team
Professor Esther Care, Project Lead, University of Melbourne
Lea Pradilla, University of the Philippines
Masa Pavlovic, University of Melbourne
Dr Rebekah Luo, University of Melbourne
Dr Claire Scoular, University of Melbourne