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 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 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 The aim of the current study is to create a composite statistic of educational quantity and educational quality by combining household data (Demographic and…