The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (superseded version)
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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School production modelling to strengthen government monitoring programmes in developing countries [PDF]
Thesis (MEcon)--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.Education production function analysis is widely recognised as one important area of research that needs to inform education policymaking, specifically policy relating to the mix of funded inputs in a ...
Gustafsson, Martin Anders
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Gender Equity in Mathematics Achievement in East African Primary Schools: Context Counts
Although primary school enrollment is gradually on the increase in the developing world, differences in mathematics achievement between girls and boys persist. A complex combination of factors that is related to issues of the home environment, the school
Tia L. Zuze, Valerie E. Lee
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Explaining learning gaps in Namibia: The role of language proficiency
In a multilingual context, this study investigates the role of language skills on mathematics achievement. It compares characteristics of 5048 Grade-6 learners in 275 Namibian schools.
Garrouste, Christelle
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The costs of illiteracy in South Africa [PDF]
In South Africa there has been a surge in publicly funded adult literacy education in recent years. There is a recognition that for the effective monitoring of adult literacy, direct measures of literacy are required.
Cobus Burger +3 more
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The cost-effectiveness of inputs in primary education: Insights from recent student surveys for sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
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.
Wechtler, Annika +2 more
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Role of socioeconomic and parental involvement factors on children foundational learning skills based on MICS (2017-2018) data Punjab, Pakistan. [PDF]
Kamal A +6 more
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Disparities in Pupil Achievement among Schools in Kenya : Analysis of SACMEQ II Data
The paper examines the factors that affect disparities in pupil achievement among primary schools in Kenya through an analysis of data from the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) II.
子浦, 恵, SHIO, Megumi
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Geographic and gender disparities in global education achievement during the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]
Wu M, Yu Q, Li SL, Zhang L.
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Managing the teacher pay system: What the local and international data are telling us [PDF]
A review of a few input-output models indicates the importance of teacher ability, which may be independent of years of training, for improving pupil performance. A historical analysis confirms the substantial pay increases experienced by teachers in the
Firoz Patel, Martin Gustafsson
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