Research is very instrumental in improving education in Kenya as it provides insights into the learners’ needs and requirements. Also, it gives stakeholders insights into the various strategies that can be applied to enhance the education outcome. The Breadth of Learning Opportunities (BOLO) initiative undertaken in 2016-2017 by the Center for Universal Education (CUE) at the Brookings Institution and Education International (EI) provides tools for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers to examine the opportunities that students have to learn a broad range of skills and domain areas within curricula, assessments, teacher supports, monitoring, and school resources. As the name suggests, the BOLO approach is not about assessing learning outcomes, but inputs and processes. The primary concern for the BOLO approach is alignment of policies and practices throughout the education system. The objective of the pilot was to finalize the Breadth of Learning Opportunities tools that would provide national governments and education stakeholders with a facility to examine their education systems and target interventions associated with a range of learning domains. The pilot was conducted in Kajiado, Nairobi, Muranga, Kiambu, Thika, Naivasha and Machakos. Both Primary and Secondary schools formed part of the sample.