PREAL Background

Mission

Contribute to the improvement of education quality and equity by promoting informed debate on education policy and reform; the identification and dissemination of best practices and the monitoring of educational progress in the countries of the region.

Objectives

1.     Involve society as a whole and its actors in improving education policy

2.     Monitor progress Howard improving education, and

3.     Provide information and expertise about policy and reform issues to opinion leaders and public and private authorities

Institutional Sponsorship

PREAL is a joint program of the Inter-American Dialogue in Washington, D.C., and the Corporation for Development Research (CINDE) in Santiago, Chile. It is co-directed by Jeffrey M. Puryear at the Inter-American Dialogue and Marcela Gajardo at CINDE.

PREAL’s activities are made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Tinker Foundation, the GE Foundation, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, and the World Bank, among others. However, the contents of this website are the sole responsibility of PREAL and its national partner organizations and do not necessarily reflect the views of any of its donors.