Evaluating the Impact of the Virtual Classroom Program

Ek Kadam Aur, Hindi for “One Step Ahead,” is a nonprofit organization that works to help underprivileged children lead successful and productive lives, with a particular focus on health and education. One primary initiative of Ek Kadam Aur is a virtual classroom program in India and Nepal. Ek Kadam Aur enlisted a Capstone team to conduct an impact evaluation assessment of this program across three partner high schools to measure impact on students’ personal confidence and academic achievement. The team developed and designed a study entailing fieldwork in India and Nepal that included academic subject testing, personal reflection surveys, and interviews with teachers. The team also engaged in classroom observations and technology reviews to produce a toolkit for establishing virtual classroom programs in support of future program scaling.