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 PDF
RESEP education research has a strong emphasis on empirical research in a broad range of policy-related issues including teacher knowledge and training, early-childhood outcomes, accountability, socioeconomic status, and school effectiveness. Policy application is one of the central aims of the research.
Education
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 PDF
Investigating the Comprehension Iceberg: Developing empirical benchmarks for early grade reading in agglutinating African languages
RESEP Working Paper Series No.WP01/2018RESEP 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 PDF
Leading for literacy: A review of the research
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No.WP03/2018Stellenbosch 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 PDF
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 PDF
A review of the research literature on teaching and learning in the foundation phase in South Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP05.2016Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP05.2016 Abstract: This document reports the findings of a review of research on teaching and learning at the Foundation Phase…
October 18, 2017 PDF
An Analysis of the Grade 3 Department of Basic Education workbooks as curriculum tools
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP06.2016Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP06.2016 Abstract: Since 2011 the Department of Basic Education (DBE), has provided all Grade 1 to 6 learners in public…
October 18, 2017 PDF
Language and Grade 4 reading literacy achievement in prePIRLS 2011
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP07.2016Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP07.2016 Abstract: The aim of this paper is to illustrate South African Grade 4 learner reading literacy achievement by utilising…
October 18, 2017 PDF
Governance in the Poorer Public Schools in South Africa from the Perspective of the Parent Governor
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP08.2016Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP08.2016 Abstract: Elected parent governors constitute the majority on the school governing bodies in South Africa’s public schools, yet their…
October 18, 2017 PDF
Earnings functions, labour market discrimination and quality of education in South Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP02/2002Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP02/2002 Abstract: Education is a key determinant of earnings, as several South African studies have confirmed. Years of schooling completed,…
October 17, 2017 PDF
How effective are poor schools? Poverty and educational outcomes in South Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP06/2006Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP06/2006 Abstract: Massive differentials on achievement tests and examinations reflect South Africa’s divided past. Improving the distribution of educational outcomes…
October 17, 2017 PDF
Educational attainment and intergenerational social mobility in South Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP09/2006Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP09/2006 Abstract: To a large degree, the notoriously high levels of income inequality in South Africa have their roots in…
October 17, 2017 PDF
Using the hierarchical linear model to understand school production in South Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2007Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2007 Abstract: The emphasis placed in the existing South African school production function literature on better skilled teachers and better…
October 17, 2017 PDF
The changing face of public funding of higher education, with special reference to South Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP05/2007Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP05/2007 Abstract: Higher education displays characteristics of both private and public goods and there is a trend worldwide to expect…
October 17, 2017 PDF
Lessons learnt from SACMEQII: South African student performance in regional context
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP16/2007Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP16/2007 Abstract: In regional context, South African students benefit from above average levels of public and private education resources. However,…
October 17, 2017 PDF
What we can learn from a comparison of the schooling systems of South Africa and Argentina
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP17/2008Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP17/2008 Abstract: An existing accounting framework to describe an education system is elaborated and used as a framework for understanding…
October 17, 2017 PDF
Effect of changes in state funding of higher education on higher education output in South Africa: 1986-2007
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP24/2008Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP24/2008 Abstract: During the last two decades state funding of higher education in South Africa has decreased substantially (especially if…
October 17, 2017 PDF
The importance of socio-economic status in determining educational achievement in South Africa
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2009Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP01/2009 Abstract: The needs to find ways of lifting people out of poverty and to transform the existing patterns of…
October 17, 2017 PDF
Teacher pay in South Africa: How attractive is the teaching profession?
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP04/2009Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP04/2009 Abstract: Educational quality is a challenged facing the South African schooling system. It is widely acknowledged that teachers play…
October 17, 2017 PDF
The impact of teacher characteristics on student performance: An analysis using hierarchical linear modelling
Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP07/2009Stellenbosch Working Paper Series No. WP07/2009 Abstract: More than a decade after South Africa’s transition from apartheid, the racially delineated picture of education in the…
October 17, 2017 PDF
