Rastee Chaudhry Email & Phone Number

City Of London, England, United Kingdom

The Luminos program is an accelerated learning program that helps children catch up to grade level, reintegrate into government schools, and prepare for lifelong learning.

The PAL Network is a south-south partnership of 17 member organisations working across Africa, Asia and America to promote children’s foundation learning. This role involves managing the PAL Network's assessment unit, including coordinating the development and implementation of the Network's common assessment initiatives and supporting members with their.

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

The Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) Programme is a global research endeavour that seeks to understand how education systems in developing countries can overcome the learning crisis.

Pakistan

• Developed the first Early Childhood Education (ECE) Policy for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan in partnership with the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
• Co-developed the first National Early Childhood Development (ECD) Policy Framework for Pakistan in partnership with the Government of Pakistan.
• Co-developed the Pakistan Early Childhood Development Index (P-ECDI) toolbox for measurement of early childhood development (ECD) for all children 0-8 years of age with Dr. Aisha Yousafzai, including developing a.

Pakistan

• Guided the development of a targeted instruction program to counter large-scale learning losses associated with Covid-19 school closures.
• Created assessments for use under the program for KG to Grade 5 for English, Urdu & Math; rigorously field tested and psychometrically validated these tools, creating orally administered assessments for younger.
• Led the digitization of the targeted instruction toolkit for teachers, aligning to technology constraints & requirements of the target audience.

Cambridge, United States

• Conduct data cleaning, scaling and psychometric analyses for LEAPS (Youth Leaders for Early Childhood Assuring Children are Prepared for School) program jointly undertaken by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public.

Lahore, Pakistan

• Managed short-term project on ending physical and humiliating punishment of children across Punjab, resulting in legislative reform proposals in consultation with policymakers and overseeing two large-scale research.
• Led province-wide systems research into early childhood education in partnership with the World Bank using MELQO survey instruments; assisted with training of enumerators, spot-checking of data collection, data.
• Assisted with management of 3 district delivery teams and implementation of large-scale program (~23,000 beneficiaries) in partnership with DFID in rural South Punjab. Program included accelerated learning, vocational.
• Led costing component of World Bank’s Early Learning Partnerships project, liaising with focal points from the World Bank and ELP teams in Liberia, Ethiopia and Tanzania to develop tools and surveys.
• Conducted robust analyses of beneficiary learning outcomes, as well as socioeconomic and empowerment indicators, including oversight of assessment tool design, data cleaning and spot-checking.
• Analyzed provincial government budgets routinely to monitor public allocations for educational components, which informed policy advocacy.

Vancouver

• Led project to build shipment cost calculator using Microsoft Excel, using v-lookup, macros and VBA, to inform financing decisions.
• Undertook continuous process improvement exercises, including reducing human error with shipments & deliveries, and data entry tasks.
• Liaised with and trained large team of assistants to streamline scheduling and delegation to meet high standards & difficult deadlines.

Muscat Governorate, Oman

• Led Partnerships Mapping exercise with local private sector to network & inform UNICEF's Fundraising & Advocacy Strategy for 2017-2020.
• Conducted research into UNICEF's collaboration with Government of Oman since 1971, including primary research, producing extensive reports.
• Assisted with ongoing projects, including preparing briefings for stakeholders, drafting reports & supporting with technical consultancies.

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Assisted with economist Dr. Matilde Bombardini’s research on the impact of religion on bilateral trade.
• Conducted literature review and analyses of statistical methods & data sources to inform research, in addition to data cleaning.

Master Of Education - Med, International Education Policy

Activities and Societies: Education Measurement Lab with Dr. Andrew Ho; Data Science Faculty Search Committee

Bachelor’S Degree, International Economics, Dean'S List 2015

Activities and Societies: Minister of Finance's Post-Secondary Policy Forum, Bank of Canada Governor's Challenge

High School