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The survey is called the Annual Status of Education Report or ASER, for short. The ASER survey is a unique methodology of citizen-led assessments. The purpose of this article is to describe and report about how the ASER methodology is implemented. This article examines a case study of ASER volunteers (n=37) who are prepared to carry out the ASER methodology. This article also analyzes how the ASER methodology supports a conceptual framework about equipping everyday citizens, like the volunteers in the case study, to better understand and use data-driven evidence to take action to improve the education and schooling in their communities.  \nIntroduction  \nSince 2005, several lakh (hundred thousand) of India’s young adults have volunteered to collect data for an annual household education related survey. Similar to a door-to-door census, the volunteers walk from village to village across India and collect data on Indian children's ability to read and complete basic math figure (ASER, 2014; Byker, 2014a) . These young volunteers are part of an initiative today known as “citizen-led basic learning assessments” that was created by Pratham, which is one of the largest non-governmental organizations (NGO) in South Asia. Pratham’s mission is to improve the learning levels of India’s elementary school children. Pratham also believes that assessment is a critical factor on the road to improvement. In 2005, the Pratham assessment survey was named the Annual Status of Education Report or ASER for short (ASER, 2014) . The ASER survey is now supervised and implemented by the ASER Centre, which is an autonomous institution started by Pratham that focuses on measurement and assessment. ASER is a unique initiative; in fact, it is the “largest household survey of children conducted in India by citizens’groups, which is annually carried out by more than 25,000 volunteers and covering over 700,000 children in 15,000 villages” (Vagh, 2009, p. 2) . The purpose of this article is to examine the ASER methodology for data collection. The ASER methodology converts a form of participatory action research (PAR) into a large-scale data assessment (French & Kingdon, 2010; Hickey & Mohan, 2004) . This article describes and analyzes how the citizens of India carry out the ASER methodology.  \nThe ASER methodology is rather innovative in that it connects everyday citizens with their localities through their large-scale educational assessment. The methodology fits the larger theme of this issue of Current Issues in Comparative Education as the ASER  \n© 2015, Current Issues in Comparative Education, Teachers College, Columbia University. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Current Issues in Comparative Education 18(1), 42-53.  \nEvidence for Action: Translating Field Research into a Large Scale Assessment  \nmethodology is an innovative method used in comparative and international education. ASER is innovative in terms of both scale and time as it supports the systematic assessment of almost one million children in India, all within a four month time period. We organize the rest of this article into four sections. First, we will outline the implementation of the ASER data collection. Second, we will map out the ASER methodology on to the larger ASER conceptual framework of assessment driven by evidence-based action. Third, we will describe and examine a case study of ASER volunteers being trained to implement the methodology in the field. Lastly, we will analyze the affordances and challenges of the methodology as well as discuss the practical applications of the methodology within the larger field of comparative and international educati","cbCaian2oM7ZNGkM","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaian2oM7ZNGkM","pdf",174388,12,"English","# Introduction\n# The Process of ASER Data Collection\n## Recruitment","[{\"question\":\"What is ASER and why is it considered a citizen-led assessment?\",\"answer\":\"ASER is an annual household education survey implemented with data collection by volunteers. Its methodology is designed so citizens participate directly in assessing basic learning levels.\"},{\"question\":\"How do ASER volunteers collect data during the fieldwork?\",\"answer\":\"Volunteers conduct surveys over an intense two-day period using a tool split into village information, village school information, and household survey sheets. The process aims to generate a statistical database for basic learning and enrollment status.\"},{\"question\":\"How does ASER convert field research into large-scale assessment and action?\",\"answer\":\"The methodology translates participatory action research into large-scale data assessment by organizing systematic collection, disaggregation by district and state, and analysis over time. It links volunteers’ local understanding with evidence-based action to improve education and schooling.\"}]","Evidence for Action - Translating Field Research into a Large Scale Assessment | PDF",1792089322]