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Cross‐country data on skills and the quality of schooling: A selective survey

Journal of Economic Surveys, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 3-26, February 2024.
Abstract Scores in standardized international student achievement tests and some recent adult literacy studies provide interesting data on the quality of educational outputs and on the skill level of the population that can be a useful complement to the data on the quantity of schooling which have been most commonly used in the growth literature.
Ángel de la Fuente, Rafael Doménech
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Does it matter if some learners read slowly? Exploring relationships between reading comprehension and oral reading fluency

South African Journal of Childhood Education
Background: 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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First‐year undergraduate students’ statistical problem‐solving skills

Teaching Statistics, Volume 46, Issue 1, Page 8-23, Spring 2024.
Abstract This study investigated first‐year undergraduate statistics students’ statistical problem‐solving skills on the probability of the union of two events, conditional probability, binomial probability distribution, probabilities for x‐limits using the z‐distribution, x‐limit associated with a given probability for a normal distribution ...
Eva G. Makwakwa, David Mogari, Ugorji I. Ogbonnaya   +2 more
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Evaluating gender gaps in STEM achievement in African secondary schools: a quantile regression and mediation analysis approach

Frontiers in Education
IntroductionDespite global efforts to close gender gaps in education, persistent disparities in STEM achievement remain a critical challenge in many African secondary schools, Q9 warranting rigorous empirical investigation. This study investigated gender
Tapela Bulala, Simon Ntumi
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Schulleistungsuntersuchungen in Afrika. MLA, PASEC, SACMEQ

, 2005
Tertium comparationis 11 (2005) 2, S.
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The cost-effectiveness of inputs in primary education: Insights from recent student surveys for sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

, 2007
With SACMEQ and PASEC there are now two large data bases available on student achievement, socio-economic background and school and teacher characteristics in both anglophone and francophone Sub-Saharan Africa.
Fehrler, Sebastian, Michaelowa, Katharina, Wechtler, Annika   +2 more
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Do the maths: An analysis of the gender gap in mathematics in Africa [PDF]

, 2013
This paper uses microdata for 19 African countries to examine the gender difference in maths test scores amongst primary school children. There is a significant difference in maths test scores in favour of boys, similar to that previously observed in ...
Dickerson, Andy P., McIntosh, Steven, Valente, Christine   +2 more
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Benefiche inversioni di tendenza [PDF]

, 2003
Nell'ultimo decennio la mortalità per tumore ha iniziato a diminuire o a stabilizzarsi come conseguenza sia delle nuove terapie che dei sistemi preventivi e di diagnosi precoce, anche se l'Europa rimane un po' indietro rispetto agli Stati Uniti in campo ...
Franceschi, Silvia, La Vecchia, Carlo, Levi, Fabio   +2 more
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Researching shadow education: Methodological challenges and directions [PDF]

, 2010
Research on shadow education has considerably increased in volume and has helped to improve understanding of the scale, nature, and implications of the phenomenon. However, the field is still in its infancy.
A Ventura, C Buchmann, C Mischo, CJ Lee, DF Robitaille, DL Stevenson, DP Baker, DP Baker, E Smyth, F Salili, HA Dang, HJ Noah, I Silova, I Silova, ID Smith, IVS Mullis, J Tan, JT Lee, K Refsing, L Paviot, M Bray, M Bray, M Crossley, M Manzon, M Mason, Mark Bray, MH Roesgaard, N Rao, NM Megahed, P Burch, P Kwok, RM Wolf, S Davies, S Popa, T Marimuthu, TP Rohlen, W Dawson, WA Silva de   +37 more
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Using the hierarchical linear model to understand school production in South Africa [PDF]

The emphasis placed in the existing South African school production function literature on better skilled teachers and better school management is discussed.
Martin Gustafsson
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