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Unwanted Literal Translation: An Underdiscussed Problem in International Achievement Studies
Education Research International, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 In international achievement studies, a common test is typically used which is translated into the languages of the participating countries. For the test to be valid, all the translations and different‐language test versions need to be equally difficult to read and answer. An underestimated and underdiscussed threat to this validity is unwanted literal
Inga Arffman, Gwo-Jen Hwang
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The Quality of Government and Educational Performance Across Countries
Economics &Politics, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 183-198, March 2026.ABSTRACT Using a new indicator of government quality, two different indicators of educational performance and two different datasets covering up to 120 countries, this study finds robust evidence that a higher quality of government improves educational performance.
Horst Feldmann
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TESOL Journal, Volume 16, Issue 4, December 2025.ABSTRACT This study examined how beginner teachers integrate language teaching into content subjects after their initial teacher education (ITE). Grounded in a blend of pedagogical theories, sociocultural perspectives, and reflective practice frameworks, it examined the experiences of 10 participants from a previous 2021 study when they were pre ...
Nhlanhla Mpofu
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, 2017 Campbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 13, Issue 1, Page 1-82, 2017.
Birte Snilstveit +8 more
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Poverty, Race, and Children's Progress at School in South Africa [PDF]
, 2013 This article investigates inequalities in school attainment in South Africa using community-based data collected in 2008 by the National Income Dynamics Study.
Letsoalo, Thabo +2 more
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A comparative analysis of teacher competence and its effect on pupil performance in upper primary schools in Mozambique and other Sacmeq countries [PDF]
, 2009 Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2009.Several cross-national studies, which monitor the quality of education in many countries across the world, have been conducted over the recent years.
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Economic freedom and the quality of education
Kyklos, Volume 78, Issue 1, Page 86-110, February 2025.Abstract This paper finds robust evidence that economic freedom improves the quality of education. This is probably mainly because economic freedom incentivizes parents to invest in high‐quality education for their children and helps them to do so. It also incentivizes and helps both governments and private providers to deliver high‐quality education ...
Horst Feldmann
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, 2014 Campbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 10, Issue 1, Page 1-46, 2014.
Roy Carr‐Hill +3 more
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The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality [PDF]
, 2020 The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) carries out large-scale cross-national research studies in member countries in the Southern and Eastern Africa region.
Australian Council for Educational Research
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South African Journal of Childhood EducationBackground: Although Zimbabwe has performed quite well on Grade 6 SACMEQ literacy assessments compared to other African countries, reading levels are generally low and there is little research on reading literacy in Zimbabwean primary schools.
Fungai Mutema, Elizabeth J. Pretorius
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