Assessment & Measurement / Concept
Learning poverty
Definition
A measure of the share of 10-year-old children who cannot read and understand a simple story.
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The measure provides a system-level indicator of foundational learning challenges and is used in the source to frame the broader learning crisis.
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Sources and evidence
- World Bank EdTech Approach — p. 9 — Learn: World Bank definition of learning poverty (direct)