Measurement is at the heart of everything we do. From understanding the needs of our learners to knowing the impact EATucation has in our communities. We measure the success of our program through our EAT App and use the IRIS+ framework to quantify and maximise the impact of our mahi.
Baseline Establishment
The EATucation research baseline is founded in our Pilot Program. This is the beginning of our journey of improvement and the start of the story our data tells. Upon joining the EATucation program, each school creates its own baseline from which school-specific progress can be measured.
Impact Measurement Framework
EATucation follows the Impact Reporting and Investment Standard (IRIS+) developed by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN). This generally accepted global impact accounting system measures, manages, and optimises impact and is the international gold standard for ensuring effective impact. The IRIS+ provides a shared fundamentals framework that aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other leading impact measurement and accounting frameworks.
Regular Monitoring and Reporting
The EATucation Online Learning Platform facilitates the ongoing monitoring and reporting of our progress. This data is reviewed and analyzed biannually, and the findings are reported publicly. EATucation utilises these findings to improve our resources, refine our processes, and achieve our impact goals.
Qualitative and Quantitative Measures
Qualitative and quantitative measures are used to capture a holistic view of our progress. This data is provided by teachers, students, and key stakeholders and includes formative and summative assessments of students' performance, self-reported assessments, written feedback, interviews, and student voice collection. This reported data is supported by automatically collected analytics data.
Attribution of impact
EATucation ensures that our program offers new and substantive social, cultural, and environmental impacts beyond what would have occurred otherwise. Through systematic attribution of impact, rigorous counterfactual analysis, robust impact metrics, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement, EATucation demonstrates the ongoing and evolving additionality of our program.
Our impact attribution is grounded in clear impact targets and upheld by our monitoring and reporting system. It is strengthened by ongoing counterfactual analysis that utilises our baseline measurements, subsequent achievement data, and stakeholder self-reported feedback to conduct comparative analyses at the national and individual school levels.
To distinguish our impact from other sources, EATucation regularly monitors food-related educational programs and gathers teacher feedback to understand the attribution they believe EATucation makes to improving learner outcomes.
Reporting
EATucation ensures transparent reporting by clearly communicating our objectives and plans and documenting and publicly sharing our goals, expected outcomes, and processes. This includes publishing updates on activities such as the development of teaching resources and partnerships. Our system for data collection and analysis supports and enhances this transparency. Monitoring and reporting on student and teacher engagement through our Online Learning Platform keeps our stakeholder community informed, ensuring that findings on engagement trends and feedback are regularly published. EATucation conducts regular evaluation processes to assess impact and presents our findings in impact reports. Engaging with stakeholders through consultations and feedback sessions maintains their involvement and influence in program refinements. Using data and evaluation results to advocate for evidence-based policy changes and publicizing these findings through reports and public forums solidifies EATucation's commitment to transparent reporting.
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