Developing reading benchmarks for new reading curriculum and a rapid reading response system (including the first literacy app in Khmer), to address reading difficulties for children in Cambodia
Project Name
Total Reading Approach for Children (TRAC)
Location Implemented
Cambodia
Technology Used
Software/Apps
Competition Entered
Grant Competition 2011
Reading Skill Targeted
Pre-Reading
Status
Winner
Collaborators/Partners
Kampuchean Action for Primary Education (KAPE)
The Challenge
According to test results, as many as 54% of tested children using the old curriculum were not able to demonstrate expected reading skills at Grade 1. These disappointing findings put into stark relief a debate that is common in other countries between proponents of phonics-focused teaching/learning materials and whole-language methodologies.
The Big Idea
The TRAC approach used reading benchmarks linked to a new reading curriculum to facilitate student assessments and a rapid reading response system to address student reading difficulties that is supported by literacy coaches and mobile learning (mlearning) in Khmer.
Results
The number of children supported was 4,063. Counting cumulatively from previous quarters, 1,545 children practiced reading skill through mLearning with 57.86% reaching reading proficiency.
Featured Innovation
MoToLi
A self-directed reading and math app in multiple languages for children five years and older.
Blogs and Media
News Byte // December 20, 2022ACR GCD featured in Global Book Alliance’s Partner Spotlight Series
- Blog // September 2, 2022
Transforming literacy learning spaces with EdTech to improve reading outcomes
Research and Resources
An Evaluation of the Integration of M-learning in Total Reading Approach for Children Plus (TRAC+)
ACR GCD examines the impact of the mobile learning component of the TRAC+ project, scaled to 138 schools in five provinces of Cambodia.Digital Game-Based Learning for the Global South
DL4D examines the role of digital games in enhancing quality, equity and efficiency in Global South classrooms and other learning environments.TRAC project
A video about the Total Reading Approach for Children (TRAC) project in Cambodia by World Education.Rapid Response System Guidelines: Grade 1 Learning
World Education, Inc., and Kampuchean Action for Primary Education provide guidelines to support and measure the success of new reading textbooks developed by the Ministry of Education in Cambodia.World Education, Inc. / James MacNeil
World Education, Inc. shares their ACR GCD-funded innovation to provide mobile learning and reading curriculum to children in Cambodia.
