Education Archives - Page 15 of 29 - Research on Socio-Economic Policy (RESEP)

Disentangling the language effect in South African schools: Measuring the impact of ‘language of assessment’ in grade 3 literacy and numeracy

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP19/2016 Abstract: The aim of this paper is to exploit an unusual occurrence whereby a large group of South African…

July 4, 2018 By: Nic Spaull PDF

Funda Wande: Teaching Reading for Meaning

The “Funda Wande: Teaching Reading for Meaning” project aims to help address the fact that most (58%) South African children don’t read for meaning, by developing a high-quality, free, open-access and SAQA-approved course: the ‘Certificate in Teaching Early Grade Reading.”

July 2, 2018 By: Nic Spaull PDF

UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS) commissions RESEP’s Chris van Wyk

In 2017, RESEP’s Chris van Wyk was commissioned by UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS), as the lead consultant to develop training materials and methodological tools to be used for capacity building activities.

June 25, 2018 By: RESEP Team PDF

Treating schools to a new administration: Evidence of the impact of better practices in the system-level administration of schools

Gustafsson, M. and Taylor, S., 2018. Treating Schools to a New Administration: Evidence of the Impact of Better Practices in the System-Level Administration of Schools. Journal of African Economies, 27(5), pp.515-537.

May 7, 2018 By: Martin Gustafsson PDF

Who makes it into PISA? Understanding the impact of sample eligibility using Turkey as a case study (PISA 2003- PISA 2012)

Spaull, N. (2017) Who makes it into PISA? Understanding the impact of sample eligibility using Turkey as a case study (PISA 2003- PISA 2012). OECD Education Working Papers, No. 154, OECD Publishing, Paris. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1787/41d175fc-en

March 13, 2018 By: Nic Spaull PDF

Investigating the Comprehension Iceberg: Developing empirical benchmarks for early grade reading in agglutinating African languages

RESEP Working Paper Series No.WP01/2018 Publication date: February 2018 Abstract: The importance of learning to read in mother-tongue is widely acknowledged in the linguistics literature yet…

February 22, 2018 By: RESEP Team PDF

Leading for literacy: A review of the research

Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No.WP03/2018 Publication date: December 2018 Abstract: A significant body of literature converges on the notion that school leadership and management practices…

February 7, 2018 By: Ursula Hoadley PDF

RESEP report on flows from matric to, and through, university enriching debate around student fees

Recent research looking at “higher education access and outcomes for the 2008 national matric cohort”, by Hendrik van Broekhuizen, Servaas van der Berg and Heleen Hofmeyr of Stellenbosch University are colouring the debate around student fees in South Africa with in-depth analysis that are attracting welcome interest.

November 6, 2017 By: RESEP Team PDF

Education

Disentangling the language effect in South African schools: Measuring the impact of ‘language of assessment’ in grade 3 literacy and numeracy

Funda Wande: Teaching Reading for Meaning

UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS) commissions RESEP’s Chris van Wyk

Treating schools to a new administration: Evidence of the impact of better practices in the system-level administration of schools

Who makes it into PISA? Understanding the impact of sample eligibility using Turkey as a case study (PISA 2003- PISA 2012)

Investigating the Comprehension Iceberg: Developing empirical benchmarks for early grade reading in agglutinating African languages

Leading for literacy: A review of the research

RESEP report on flows from matric to, and through, university enriching debate around student fees

Popular Posts

Other Readings

Contact Information

Address

Sign Up for our Newsletter