Stellenbosch Policy Brief No. 05/2011 Abstract: There are large disparities in educational performance amongst South African schools, with historically white schools significantly outperforming historically black…
Stellenbosch Policy Brief No. 02/2010 Abstract: A recent paper, using new household data, indicates that the percentage of Grade 1 learners who have experienced pre-primary…
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP02/2017 Publication date: January 2017 Abstract: The aim of the study was to track learners as a group or cohort…
RESEP held its third annual “Quantitative Applications in Education Research” conference at STIAS in Stellenbosch from 28 – 29 September 2017.
This article originally appeared on the Business Day website as a partially edited version, which can be found here. For the original article, please read below.
Introduction The Millennium Development Goals aimed to achieve universal access to primary education by 2015. Attendance rates in South Africa remain high, with 97% of…
Abstract: School leadership changes are gaining momentum in South Africa as larger proportions of incumbent principals near retirement age. While this presents opportunities to replace…
Abstract The aim of this article is to exploit an unusual occurrence whereby a large group of South African grade 3 students were tested twice,…
Abstract School leadership changes are gaining momentum in South Africa as larger proportions of incumbent principals near retirement age. While this presents opportunities to…
Abstract There has been a global increase in the number of girls studying mathematics but women still remain underrepresented in the scientific workforce. The…
Abstract In the absence of longitudinal data that track individuals over an extended period of time, information on childhood socio-economic status can be provided…
Abstract Most analyses of oral reading fluency (ORF) are based on L1 reading, and the norms that have been developed in English are based…
Abstract This paper examines the extent to which increased access to primary schooling in ten Southern and East African countries between 2000 and 2007…
Abstract This study quantifies a year’s worth of mathematics learning in South Africa (0.3 standard deviations) and uses this measure to develop empirically calibrated learning…
Abstract The aim of the study is to discuss the notion of accountability with respect to education in South Africa. Starting with an overview…
Abstract There is consensus in the international mathematics teacher education literature that teachers should, at the most basic level, have mastery of the content…
Abstract The ability to read for meaning and pleasure is arguably the most important skill children learn in primary school. One integral component of…
Abstract In the past decade there has been a notable shift in South African education policy that raises the value of school leadership as a…
Abstract Available developing country enrolment ratios are frequently inaccurate. This results in poorly informed policy discourses. Underlying data problems can undermine funding systems. The…
Abstract There can be little question that studying the relationship between education and inequality will benefit public investment in education. Although primary school enrollment…
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