Data Must Speak: Madagascar
Positive deviance reports and project briefs
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Highlights
Improving access to quality education for all school-age children is a priority for the Government of Madagascar. The Malagasy Education Sector Plan and the Compact set ambitious goals, but significant challenges remain in improving learning outcomes and retention rates.
In Madagascar, some schools demonstrate exceptional performance. These "positive deviant" schools perform better than their peers despite operating under similar conditions and resources. This research utilizes administrative data to identify these schools, explore their success stories, and understand their locally led solutions. The aim is to empower educators and policymakers with practical insights for broader implementation.
Data Must Speak (DMS) is a global initiative launched in 2014 to address evidence gaps and mitigate the learning crisis using existing data. The DMS Positive Deviance research is co-created and co-implemented with Ministries of Education and key partners. It employs mixed methods and innovative approaches, including positive deviance, behavioral sciences, implementation research, and scaling science, to generate knowledge and practical lessons. The research focuses on understanding 'what works,' 'why,' and 'how' to scale grassroots solutions for national policymakers and the international education community.
On this webpage, you will find all the DMS Positive Deviance research outputs related to Madagascar:
DMS Stage 1: Understanding what resources and contextual factors are associated with good school performance
- Stage 1 report: Unpacking Factors Influencing School Performance in Madagascar (English and French)
- Policy brief 1: Academic Performance of Primary School Girls (English and French)
- Policy brief 2: Profile of Head Teachers and Teachers in Public Primary Schools (English and French)
- Policy brief 3: The Importance of Infrastructure in Public Primary Schools (English and French)
DMS Stage 3: Discovering locally-led behaviours and practices to improve quality education
- Rapport etape 3 : Des écoles qui inspirent le changement : recherche sur les écoles modèles positives à Madagascar (French)
- Stage 3 executive summary of the DMS research in Madagascar (English and French)
