Making sense of large-scale evaluation data: The case of the Andhra Pradesh Primary Education Project

This article discusses problems of interpreting and analysing large-scale evaluation data with respect to a particular education project in a developing country context. An account is given of how an heuristic model of project implementation, impact and evaluation was generated. Specific findings related to aspects of the model are presented which illustrate both the efficacy of the model and some of the achievements of the project to date.