The mission of Bridge International Academies is to provide affordable, high-quality education to millions of primary school pupils around the world. To hold ourselves accountable to our goals, we conduct one of the most comprehensive and rigorous early grade reading and math assessment programmes in East Africa. Using the Early Grade Reading Assessment and Early Grade Math Assessment (EGRA/EGMA), we measure the foundational literacy and numeracy skills of our pupils and their academic peers in neighbouring schools to understand both absolute and relative pupil performance. These tools were developed by the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) in conjunction with USAID, and have been used by education ministries and multi-lateral agencies around the world.
