Contract Duration: 19.3 months

Working arrangement: Home-based

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TERMS OF REFERENCE

Complement and provide continuity to the ongoing work to develop and roll out a new MICS module to measure reading and math skills in early primary and end of primary (FLM2.0).



The current contracts only cover the psychometric analysis related to the first national implementation of the FLM2.0 Early Primary module in the Zimbabwe MICS.

These ToRs aim to cover all psychometric analyses related to the next phases of the work in 2026, 2027 and early 2028:
- the testing and validation of the new End of Primary component of the FLM2.0 [Q3-Q4 of 2026];
- the analytical work necessary to assess the reliability of the FLM2.0 Early Primary in 2 additional national implementation in MICS surveys [Q3/Q4 of 2027 to Q1 2028];
- the development of a package of standardized tools and guidance for UNICEF and MICS experts to independently conduct and interpret the psychometric analysis related to the FLM2.0 Early and End of Primary [Q2 2027 to Q1 2028].

If you would like to know more about this consultancy, please review the complete Terms of Reference here: ToR TMC0003164.pdf

Minimum requirements:

Education:
- A PhD de

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