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Chinese children have among the highest rates of myopia in the world.
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Assessing & Improving the Quality of Higher Education
An International Comparative Study University attendance is increasing around the world, but are graduates learning the essential skills required to succeed in the workforce and grow the economy?...
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Assessing and Credentialing Vocational High Schools
Problem Vocational high schools in China serve as an alternative to academic high school and typically provide two years of in-the-classroom training and a one-year, school-supervised, on-the-job...
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Learning Through Reading
Evaluating the Impact of Extracurricular Reading Programs on Student Learning Problem Reading is the heart of the education mission in most countries in the world.
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Training for the Future
Evaluating National Teacher Training Programs in Rural China Problem China's rural students lag far behind their urban counterparts in academic achievement. If rural students lack necessary...
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Increasing High School Matriculation
China has shown incredible progress in the last several decades in expanding access to education.
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Teacher Performance Pay
Designs for Teacher Incentives: A Search for the Best Teacher Performance Pay System in Rural China Problem Students in rural schools in China are falling behind.
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Upscaling CAL: Can a Prefecture Run CAL Alone?
We tested whether prefectural education officials can manage CAL programs independently.
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Anatomy of an Intervention
Looking “under the hood” of a major policy experiment The 2012-2013 Seeing is Learning project involved many moving parts and required plenty of work.
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Vision Care Training Materials
During our Seeing Is Learning Program, we have used a number of instructional materials to inform children, caregivers, and teachers about vision problems and the importance of seeking vision...
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Role of Teachers in Boosting Eyeglasses Wear
Teachers are often the crucial link Overcoming children’s hesitancy to wear glasses is a major challenge in moving forward toward a national vision care plan.
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What About Eye Exercises?
A common misconception among parents, teachers, and school administrators is that eye exercises (yan bao jian cao) protect vision and slow the progression of myopia.
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Impact of Wearing Glasses on Myopia Progression
When we ask local officials and educators about eyeglasses, many tell us that they believe wearing glasses actually causes myopia (nearsightedness) to progress faster. Is this true?
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Role of Subsidies in the Provision of Care
What does it take to boost uptake rates of vision care services? Does care need to be subsidized?
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The Role of Teachers in Visual Acuity Screening
To deliver quality vision care to rural students, we trained teachers to conduct vision screenings in their schools.
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Building a Blueprint for Change
Our research has shown that the vision care system in rural China needs radical revision.
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Guaranteed Financial Aid for College
Problem When all expenses are added up, university costs in China can reach 10,000 to 12,000 yuan per year.
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Keeping Kids in School
In China's developed urban areas, up to 80 percent of students are accepted into universities.
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Technology and Human Capital _ Migration
One often hears that China has the largest online population in the world.
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Nutrition, Health and Education _ Migration
Check out our latest work on: > Baby Nutrition > Uncorrected Vision > Intestinal Worms > Text Messaging for Health Health & Education: What's the Link...
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Quality of Rural Refractionists
We tested the quality and accuracy of eye exams performed by rural clinicians as part of our efforts to provide vision care to students throughout China.
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Seeing is Learning - Access to Vision Care: Rural vs. Urban
Eyeglass ownership among migrant children is as low as it is with rural children REAP’s research on uncorrected vision in both rural and urban settings reveal a high percentage of China’s rural and...
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Impact of Wearing Glasses on Student Test Scores
Researchers and practitioners have long sought to establish the relationship between vision care and educational performance.
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Prevalence of Uncorrected Vision
Having screened about 30,000 children in different parts of the country, REAP has been able to put together a comprehensive picture of uncorrected vision in China.
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Sarah-Eve Dill Senior Editor, SCCEI Senior Editor, SCCEI, Early Childhood Education Program Lead, REAP