Measuring our impact

Measuring the impact of our work enables us to make an even bigger difference to the stakeholders and communities we work for and puts us in a stronger position to share success stories and lessons learnt for the benefit of society.

We measure the effectiveness of our solutions using the Cambridge Partnership for Education Impact Framework. The Framework concept and creation was led by Dr Hanan Khalifa, our impact and evaluation lead expert in collaboration with a task force of education experts from Cambridge University Press and Assessment and validated externally. It draws on a detailed review of leading approaches to impact in the education reform sector, Cambridge’s existing frameworks, and seminal impact and evaluation research.

This Framework provides a mechanism to consistently examine how our work contributes to four domains:

• systemic improvement,
• capacity development,
• sustainable practices and
• policy planning and design.

Each of these domains of change is made up of several indicators aligned to areas where we offer technical assistance – like professional development of textbook designers, or assessment effectiveness.

We track impact across the indicators – from immediate effects, such as the number of people trained, to the long-term effects, like the percentage increase in the availability of high-quality resources in a country.

Cambridge has designed these different domains, areas, and indicators so they can be tailored to the scope of your unique programme.