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The Wor ld Bank Educa t ion Pro jec t s Da tabase has been upda tedwi th 22 educa t ion pro jec ts tha t were approved by the Educa t ionSec tor Board in FY2008 . The da tabase a l lows use rs to genera tea l i s t o f e d u c a t i o n p r o j e c t s , c o m p o n e n t s , a n d f e a t u r e s c a r r i e do u t i n a s p e c i f i c c o u n t r y. U s e r s c a n a l s o s e a r c h b y p r o j e c tf e a t u r e t o p r o d u c e a l i s t o f p r o j e c t c o m p o n e n t s t h a t i n c l u d et h e s e l e c t e d f e a t u r e . I n t h e m o s t r e c e n t u p d a t e , E d St a t s a d d e dt h r e e n e w f e a t u r e s t o t h e d a t a b a s e : e - l e a r n i n g m a t e r i a l s , I C Te q u i p m e n t a n d / o r c o m p u t e r l a b s , a n d t e a c h e r c e r t i f i c a t i o n .

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The New ADePT Educat ion ModuleA s p o i n t e d o u t i n t h e O c t o b e r 2 0 0 8 i s s u e , E d St a t s i s i m p l e m e n t i n g d i f f e r e n t i n i t i a t i v e st o b r i d g e e x i s t i n g g a p s i n e d u c a t i o n d a t a . A s p a r t o f t h i s e f f o r t , E d St a t s h a s b e e nw o r k i n g w i t h t h e D e v e l o p m e n t R e s e a r c h G r o u p ( D E C R G ) t o d e v e l o p t h e n e w A D e P Teduca t ion module . The purpose o f th i s new too l i s to pu l l common educa t iona l ind ica to rso u t o f m i c r o l e v e l s u r v e y d a t a a n d p r e s e n t i t i n a p r i n t - r e a d y f o r m , f a c i l i t a t i n g f u r t h e ra n a l y s i s b y r e s e a r c h e r s .

T h e n e w m o d u l e c o n t a i n s b u i l t - i n s e t t i n g s f o r D e m o g r a p h i c a n d H e a l t h S u r v e y s ( D H S )s u r v e y s , b u t a l s o a c c e p t s o t h e r t y p e s o f s u r v e y s , a n d a u t o m a t i c a l l y r e c o g n i z e s w h a tt a b l e s c a n b e b u i l t f r o m a v a i l a b l e d a t a . T h e p r o g r a m r e l i e s o n S t a t a ( . d t a ) o r S P S S( . s a v ) d a t a s e t s a n d a l l o w s a u s e r t o s p e c i f y t h e v a r i a b l e s t h a t t h e p r o g r a m u s e s f o ra n a l y s i s . A l t h o u g h A D e P T u s e s S t a t a s o f t w a r e t o c o m p u t e a l l i n d i c a t o r s , r e g a r d l e s s o ft h e t y p e o f i n p u t f i l e , u s e r s d o n ’ t h a v e t o h a v e S P S S i n s t a l l e d o n t h e i r c o m p u t e r s t owork w i th SPSS da t a se t s i n t he p rog ram.

St e p 1 . A u s e r s t a r t s A D e P T b y c l i c k i n g t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g i t e m i n t h e Wi n d o w s “ St a r t ”m e n u a n d i s p r e s e n t e d w i t h a c h o i c e o f A D e P T m o d u l e s , s u c h a s p o v e r t y, l a b o r, g e n d e r,a n d e d u c a t i o n . O t h e r m o d u l e s a r e a l r e a d y a v a i l a b l e , w i t h m o r e t o b e r e l e a s e d s o o n .

St e p 2 . T h e u s e r t h e n a d d s a d a t a s e t t o t h e p r o c e s s i n g l i s tb y c l i c k i n g “ A d d … ” a n d c h o o s i n g a f i l e i n t h e d i r e c t o r yt r e e . I f n e e d e d , t h e c o n t e n t s o f a d a t a s e t ( i . e . , v a r i a b l e s ,a n d t h e i r t y p e s a n d l a b e l s ) c a n b e d i s p l a y e d :

F o r D H S d a t a s e t s , t h e u s e r c l i c k s t h e b u t t o n , “ S e t d e f a u l tDHS va r i ab le s names , ” and ADePT f i l l s i n t he f i e lds basedon the DHS convent ion. For other house hold surveys, actualv a r i a b l e n a m e s n e e d t o b e t y p e d i n t o t h e f o r m f i e l d s . E a c hf i e l d c o n t a i n s a s h o r t h i n t a b o u t t h e k i n d o f v a r i a b l e t h eprogram expects . Occas ional ly, i t may be necessary to enterexpress ions in to these f ie lds , as shown in the graphic below,i n o r d e r f o r t h e p r o g r a m t o u s e c e r t a i n c a t e g o r i c a l v a r i a b l e s .

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St e p 3 . O n c e t h e f i e l d s i n t h e p r o c e s s i n g l i s t a r e f i l l e d , t h e t a b l e t r e e o n t h e r i g h t - h a n ds i d e o f t h e f o r m l i g h t s u p p o t e n t i a l t a b l e s t o d i s p l a y t h e d a t a . A u s e r t h e n s e l e c t s o n e o rm o r e t a b l e s a n d g r a p h s f o r t h e p r o g r a m t o g e n e r a t e . E a c h i n d i v i d u a l t a b l e ( o r g r a p h ) o rg r o u p o f t a b l e s ( o r g r a p h s ) m a y b e l i n k e d t o a n “ i f ” c o n d i t i o n t h a t r e s t r i c t s a n a l y s i s t o ap a r t i c u l a r s u b g r o u p o f d a t a , s u c h a s r u r a l p o p u l a t i o n , p o p u l a t i o n i n a p a r t i c u l a r r e g i o n ,e t c . T h e p r o g r a m p r o v i d e s a s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n o f e a c h t a b l e o r g r a p h t h a t i t p r o d u c e s i nt h e l o w e r- r i g h t c o r n e r o f t h e f o r m . A p r e v i e w o f t h e o u t p u t i s a v a i l a b l e i n t h e “ t a b l e se x p l o r e r ” a v a i l a b l e i n t h e To o l s s u b m e n u . A u s e r c a n a l s o u s e t h i s m e n u t o ( i ) s a v et a b l e s a n d g r a p h s t o d i s k , ( i i ) l o a d p r e v i o u s l y s a v e d p r o g r a m s e t t i n g s , o r ( i i i ) r e s e t t h em o d u l e t o i t s d e f a u l t s t a t e .

I n a d d i t i o n t o r e p o r t i n g o n i n d i v i d u a l i n d i c a t o r s , t h e p r o g r a m c a n a l s o r e p o r t o n t h e i rs tandard e r rors and the number o f observa t ions used to compute them. I t can a l so genera tea da tabase in the EdSta t s Query format . These op t ions a re cont ro l led by the cor respondingcheckboxes on t he p roce s s ing fo rm .

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This newsletter was designed andprepared by Emilio Porta, EdStatsLeader, Jennifer Klein and SergiyRadyakin, consultants, and editedby Peggy Mclnerny. For furtherinformation and suggestions,contact the Education AdvisoryService at:

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Upda t e s on t he newes t da t a and improvemen t s t o t heE d St a t s We b s i t e

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User s mus t p rov ide ba s i c i n fo rma t ion abou t t he coun t ry ’s educa t i ona l sy s t em such a sdu ra t ion o f p r imary, en t ry age i n p r imary, and o the r key pa rame te r s i n o rde r t o cus tomizet h e r e p o r t s f o r t h e d e s i r e d c o u n t r y s p e c i f i c a t i o n s . A D e P T a u t o m a t i c a l l y c o n d u c t s an u m b e r o f c h e c k s o f t h e i n p u t d a t a a n d h i g h l i g h t s a n y d e t e c t e d i n c o n s i s t e n c i e s f o r t h eu s e r. A “ q u i c k c h e c k ” o f t h e i n p u t i s a l s o a v a i l a b l e v i a t h e “ C h e c k d a t a” b u t t o n .

O n c e a u s e r c o m p l e t e s a l l i n p u t f i e l d s a n d s e l e c t s t h e t a b l e s a n d g r a p h s t o b e g e n e r a t e d ,a l l t h a t ’s l e f t i s t o c l i c k t h e“Generate” button. The programwill then prepare the requestedtables and graphs and open ther e s u l t i n g f i l e i n E x c e l , f r o mw h i c h t h e y c a n b e c o p i e d t oWord, Power Point, or exportedto o the r p rog rams fo r f u r t he ra n a l y s i s .

Using ADePT, a user can accessover 15 predef ined tab les tha tp r e sen t i n fo rma t ion on ove r30 educational indicators. Thesei n d i c a t o r s a r e d i s a g g r e g a t e dby such ca tegor ies as leve l of educat ion , gender, a rea of res idence (urban/ rura l ) , householdw e a l t h , a n d t h e g e n d e r a n d e d u c a t i o n a l l e v e l o f h o u s e h o l d h e a d . Ta b l e s a r e a l s o g r o u p e din to ca tegor ies : school par t ic ipa t ion , progress ion , a t ta inment , and educat ion expendi tures .A D e P T a l s o p r o v i d e s 3 0 g r a p h s o n e d u c a t i o n a l a t t a i n m e n t a n d e n r o l l m e n t .

The next i ssue of the EdStats Newsle t ter wi l l provide a deta i led descr ip t ion of the educat ionind ica to rs , t ab les , and graphs o ffe red by th i s new too l . ADePT Educa t ion wi l l be ava i lab leo n E d St a t s f o r d o w n l o a d i n g i n t h e c o m i n g w e e k s . F o r f u r t h e r u p d a t e s v i s i t o u r s i t e o rs u b s c r i b e t o r e c e i v e p e r i o d i c u p d a t e d a n n o u n c e m e n t s .