Spark & Sustain: How all of the World’s School Systems can Improve Learning at Scale

Sharing core norms and values
Aug 27, 2024 | McKinsey&Company

More than 90 percent of children live in countries where average educational outcomes are below poor, poor, or fair. In their McKinsey report  Jake Bryant, Felipe Child, Ezgi Demirdag, and  Emma Dorn suggest that many of these countries have not taken international assessments, but more recently, the introduction of regional assessments and the Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) has enabled a broader global comparison of learning outcomes. The OECD suggests that approximately 20 PISA points are equivalent to a year of learning. By that measure, high school students in many sub-Saharan African countries may be ten or more years behind their peers in Europe, North America, or East Asia. The stakes are high: if historical trends continue, more than 700 million children will remain in learning poverty in 2050.  https://www.mckinsey.com

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