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Learning Inequality in Francophone Africa: School Quality and the Educational Achievement of Rich and Poor Children
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Gruijters, Rob J.; Behrman, Julia A. – Sociology of Education, 2020
Influential reports about the "learning crisis" in the global South generally pay insufficient attention to social inequalities in learning. In this study, we explore the association between family socioeconomic status and learning outcomes in 10 francophone African countries using data from the Programme for the Analysis of Education…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement, Family Environment, Educational Resources
Multilevel Design of School Effectiveness Studies in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Kelcey, Ben; Shen, Zuchao – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2016
School-based improvement programs represent a core strategy in improving education because they can leverage pre-existing social and organizational structures to promote coordinated and comprehensive change across multiple facets of schooling. School-based programs are generally designed to be implemented by intact schools/districts, frequently…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Effectiveness, Design, Educational Improvement
The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality. Assessment GEMs No. 8
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Australian Council for Educational Research, 2015
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. It aims to assess the conditions of schooling and performance levels of learners and teachers in the areas of literacy and numeracy. SACMEQ has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Researchers, Educational Quality
Variations in Reading Achievement across 14 Southern African School Systems: Which Factors Matter?
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Hungi, Njora; Thuku, Florence W. – International Review of Education, 2010
In this study the authors employed a multilevel analysis procedure in order to examine the pupil and school levels factors that contributed to variation in reading achievement among Grade 6 primary school pupils in 14 southern African school systems (Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa,…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, Language of Instruction, Reading Achievement, Academic Achievement
Exploring School Effects across Southern and Eastern African School Systems and in Tanzania
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Yu, Guoxing; Thomas, Sally M. – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2008
The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) II data are analysed, using multilevel modelling techniques, to explore the key issues underlying the development of school effectiveness models. Differences between schools in Grade 6 pupils' reading and mathematics achievements are examined and the percentage…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Grade Repetition, Community Involvement, Academic Achievement
The Impact of the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ)
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Murimba, Saul – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2005
Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ) is fast emerging as a globally recognized initiative in the area of the monitoring and evaluation of educational quality, and the results of its research and training have not only been used within the member countries, but elsewhere too. SACMEQ has had a presence…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Educational Change, Consortia