School Resources and Academic Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Autor:	Valerie E. Lee, Tia Linda Zuze
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Economic growth Resource (biology) business.industry Educational quality Multilevel model Legislation School size Context (language use) Academic achievement Human resources business Education
Zdroj:	Comparative Education Review. 55:369-397
ISSN:	1545-701X 0010-4086
DOI:	10.1086/660157
Popis:	We investigate links between students’ achievement and several resource inputs in African primary schools, using data from the 2000 Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ-II). We focused on four sub-Saharan countries that had in place legislation mandating free and universal primary schooling: Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, and Uganda. Using multilevel modeling (hierarchical linear models), we found strong links between material and human resources and grade 6 students’ achievement in reading and mathematics. Structural features such as school shifts and school size were negatively associated with achievement, although effects varied across countries. We discuss policy implications of our findings within each country’s educational context.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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