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Direct linkAllier-Gagneur, Z.C.; Gruijters, R. J. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2023
Data from sub-Saharan Africa show that many students leave school without the skills they need. To address this issue, it is important to understand what factors influence learning. According to the Heyneman and Loxley effect established in 1983, in low income countries school quality influences how much students learn more than those students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Resources
Crouch, Luis; King, Katherine; Olefir, Anna; Saeki, Hiroshi; Savrimootoo, Tanya – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2020
The paper argues that in many developing countries there is a set of linked symptoms in education systems that cohere into what we call a weak foundations syndrome. Multi-source evidence is presented to illustrate how weak foundations through the early years of schooling lead to low primary school completion. Symptoms of the syndrome include (1)…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Practices, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education
