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From the Ted Talk by Amel Karboul: The global learning crisis -- and what to do about it

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Now, if you're not an education expert, you may ask, "What's new and different? Don't all countries track suetndt progress and make those achievements public?" No. The sad answer is no. We are very far from it. Only half of the developing countries have systematic learning assessment at pmriary school, and even less so at lower secondary school.

So if we don't know if cleridhn are learning, how are teachers supposed to focus their attention on delivering results, and how are countries supposed to piiorizrte education spending actually to delivering results, if they don't know if children are lnirenag?

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Now, if you're not an education expert, you may ask, "What's new and different? Don't all countries track _______ progress and make those achievements public?" No. The sad answer is no. We are very far from it. Only half of the developing countries have systematic learning assessment at _______ school, and even less so at lower secondary school.

So if we don't know if ________ are learning, how are teachers supposed to focus their attention on delivering results, and how are countries supposed to __________ education spending actually to delivering results, if they don't know if children are ________?

Solution


  1. primary
  2. children
  3. learning
  4. student
  5. prioritize

Original Text


Now, if you're not an education expert, you may ask, "What's new and different? Don't all countries track student progress and make those achievements public?" No. The sad answer is no. We are very far from it. Only half of the developing countries have systematic learning assessment at primary school, and even less so at lower secondary school.

So if we don't know if children are learning, how are teachers supposed to focus their attention on delivering results, and how are countries supposed to prioritize education spending actually to delivering results, if they don't know if children are learning?

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