To support the Government of South Africa, USAID Southern Africa is implementing the Practical Education Research for Optimal Reading and Management (PERFORM) program.  The overall goal of PERFORM is to improve the reading skills of primary grade learners.  Khulisa was awarded the Practical Education Research for Optimal Reading and Management: Analyze, Collaborate, Evaluate (PERFORMANCE) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide technical, analytical, advisory, monitoring, evaluation and related support services to assist USAID in effectively diagnosing needs, and planning, designing, monitoring, evaluating and learning from the PERFORM interventions. Under this IDIQ contract, Khulisa has performed data collection for the Early Grade Reading Study (EGRS) Phase 1 & Phase 2 in North West province.  This Task Order entailed large scale data collection, collation, analysis, and reporting services to USAID and the South African Department of Basic Education (DBE).

Khulisa conducted oral and written early grade reading assessments with 9,656 learners.  Khulisa also collected survey and observation data from 215 school principals, 631 teachers, and 3,462 parents.  Khulisa collated, cleaned, and analyzed the data and supported the development of a technical report and learning brief.  One of the unique features of the Task Order was the development and administration of a School Functionality Tool, which was used to collect 217 observations of school functionality. Full reports are available here: https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00X2VS.pdf