The United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) Transforming the Education System for Teachers and Students
in Liberia (TESTS) Activity supports the Liberian Ministry of Education (MOE)
and the National Commission on Higher Education (NCHE) to improve the quality
of targeted Liberian early childhood education and primary education teachers’
instructional delivery.
TESTS is working with the MOE, NCHE, and at eight
faith-based, public, and private universities and colleges: Adventist
University of West Africa, African Methodist Episcopal University, Cuttington
University, Grand Bassa University, LICOSESS College of Education, Lofa County
University, Nimba University, and the University of Liberia.
As part of the activity, TESTS has developed an
online resource to assist College of Education faculty members as they help
their students in pursuing associate and bachelor’s degrees in early childhood
education and primary education to succeed on their learning journeys -- from
enrollment to demonstration school performance to graduation.
The Learning and Tracking Portal contains faculty
and language and mathematics assessments and complementary micro courses, student
course packets and readings, the Student Plan of Study Guide, and practicum
observation tools that faculty members and teacher aspirants can use to support
the teacher aspirants in their academic progress.