Evidence use in decision-making

Luminos uses data as a driver of learning, not just measurement. Through culturally relevant assessments and teacher-led tools, results are analysed and shared to improve instruction and adapt programme design. This feedback loop strengthens teaching, supports learner progress in literacy and numeracy, and secures government buy-in by making impact visible. Monitoring thus becomes an engine for joyful learning and sustained education outcomes

The lack of access to diverse, high-quality educational evidence—particularly localised research and non-academic insights, published and unpublished—perpetuates systemic inequities in education policymaking and practice. Despite recent efforts to localise research agendas in the field of education and international development, methodological and practical challenges hinder equity...

The gap between what we know and what we do in education lies at the heart of a global learning crisis. This Education.org white paper argues that it is not the lack of new research that is the greatest obstacle to progress, but the failure to use what we already know.