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Southern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality 2007

Mauritius, 2007
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SACMEQ-III Combined Questionnaires
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Progress in Gender Equality in Education : Mauritius
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Pupil and Teacher Knowledge about HIV and AIDS in Mauritius
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The SACMEQ-III Project in Mauritius: A Study of the Conditions of Schooling and the Quality of Education
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Author(s) D. Sauba B. Lutchmiah
Country Mauritius
Language English
Table of contents Table of Contents
List of Tables ............................................................................... vi
List of Figures ………………………………………………………... xi
Chapter 1 Setting of the Study ........................................................................ 1
Chapter 2 Conduct of the Study...................................................................... 24
Chapter 3 Characteristics of Pupils and their Learning Environments ............ 36
Chapter 4 Characteristics of Teachers and their Classrooms ......................... 51
Chapter 5 Characteristics of School Head and their Schools.......................... 69
Chapter 6 School Resources .......................................................................... 86
Chapter 7 Achievement in Reading and Mathematics .................................... 110
Chapter 8 Knowledge about HIV and AIDS .................................................... 127
Chapter 9 Conclusion and Agenda for Action..................................................149
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Policy Brief: Quality of Primary School Inputs in Mauritius
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Technical documents
Sample Schools Mauritius
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Manual for National Research Coordinators
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Date 2007-09-01
Country Malawi
Language English
Publisher(s) The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
Table of contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 5
1. Scheduling and Overview of Main Activities .............................................................. 7
2. Sampling Plan ................................................................................................................. 15
3. Codes for Country, Provinces/Regions, Districts, and Schools ............................... 19
4. Contacting Regional Offices, Schools and Unions .................................................... 21
5. Checking Receipt of Documents and Instruments .................................................... 25
6. Translation of Instruments and Data Collectors' Manual ........................................ 29
7. Printing of Instruments and Other Materials ............................................................ 31
8. Purchase of Materials .................................................................................................... 35
9. Selecting Data Collectors and Planning the Logistics ............................................... 37
10. Establishing Minimum and Desirable Levels of Achievement ............................... 41
11. Packaging/Dispatch of Materials to Venues for Training of Data Collectors ....... 43
12. Training of Data Collectors ........................................................................................... 47
13. Return of Instruments and Materials .......................................................................... 59
14. Editing of Instruments Before Data Entry .................................................................. 61
15. Data Entry and Initial Cleaning ................................................................................... 63
16. Return of Data and Documentation to the SCC/IIEP ............................................... 65
Appendix 1 "What is the SACMEQ III Project?" ............................................................. 67
Appendix 2 School Form ..................................................................................................... 69
Appendix 3 Model Letter to School Heads ....................................................................... 69
Appendix 4 Pupil Name Form ............................................................................................ 75
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Manual for Data Collectors
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Date 2007-09-01
Language English
Publisher(s) The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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Manual for Improving Data Quality
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Date 2007-09-01
Language English
Publisher(s) The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
Description This document has been prepared in order to provide you with some tips and guidance for achieving high quality data sets for SACMEQ III.
The contents have been divided into four parts: (i) during data collection, (ii) before data entry, (iii) during data entry, and (iv) after data entry.
The National Research Coordinators (NRCs) should read all of this material, make several copies, and then distribute different sections of the document to the relevant people.
Table of contents Introduction 5
Section 1: Special Instructions on Data Quality Check during Data Collection 7
Section 2: Special Instructions on Data Editing before Data Entry 17
Section 3: Special Coding Instructions during Data Entry 33
Section 4: Special Instructions on Data Verification after Data Entry 41
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Often Used Variables on SACMEQ-III Archive
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SACMEQ-III Imputation Rules
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Language English
Publisher(s) The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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SACMEQ-III Codebook
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Language English
Publisher(s) The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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SACMEQ-III Project Results: Pupil Achievement Levels in Reading and Mathematics
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Author(s) Njora Hungi Demus Makuwa Kenneth Ross Mioko Saito Stéphanie Dolata Frank van Cappelle Laura Paviot Jocelyne Vellien
Date 2010-01-01
Language English
Publisher(s) Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
Description This document is divided into two main parts. The first part presents (a) a brief discussion of the sampling procedures employed in SACMEQ Projects, (b) the generation of SACMEQ pupil test scores, (c) description of the reading and mathematics competency levels, and (d) descriptions of the measures of school location and socioeconomic status (SES) of pupils.

The second part of this document presents tabulations of Grade 6 pupil achievement levels for reading and mathematics. The achievement levels have been presented in separate tables as follows: (a) reading achievement levels by country and regions within countries, (b) reading achievement levels by subgroups (sex, school location and SES), (c) mathematics achievement levels by country and regions within countries, and (d) mathematics achievement levels by subgroups (sex, school location and SES).
Table of contents Introduction.......................................................................................... 1
Sampling Procedures ............................................................................... 3
Generating Pupil Scores.............................................................................5
Generating Competency Levels....................................................................5
Measure of School Location .......................................................................10
Measure of Socioeconomic Status................................................................10
About the Tabulations ............................................................................ 11
References..........................................................................................11

Tabulations
Reading achievement levels by country and regions within countries..................... 12-14
Reading achievement levels by subgroups(sex, school locations and SES) ............. 15-17
Mathematics achievement levels by country and regions within countries................18-20
Mathematics achievement levels by subgroups(sex, school locations and SES)......... 21-23
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SACMEQ-III Project Results: Levels and Trends in School Resources among SACMEQ School Systems
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subtitle Working Document Number 2
Author(s) Njora Hungi Demus Makuwa Kenneth Ross Mioko Saito Stéphanie Dolata Frank van Cappelle Laura Paviot Jocelyne Vellien
Date 2011-01-01
Language English
Publisher(s) Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
Table of contents Part A: Level and Trends in Resources Allocation to Schools by School System
Essential Classroom Resources.......................................................................... 9 – 10
Desirable Physical Resources ............................................................................. 11 – 12
Desirable Human Resources............................................................................... 13 – 14
Part B: Level and Trends in Resources Allocation to Schools by Region
Essential Classroom Resources.......................................................................... 16 – 28
Desirable Physical Resources ............................................................................. 29 – 41
Desirable Human Resources............................................................................... 42 – 54
Appendix 1: Source of School Resources Variables ....................................................................... 55

List of Tables
Table 1: Context Information for School Systems.................................................................................. iv
Table 2: Number of School Heads, Teachers, and Pupils involved in the SACMEQ Projects............... iv
Table 3: Essential Classroom Resources by School Systems .................................................................. 8
Table 4: Desirable Physical Resources by School Systems ................................................................... 10
Table 5: Desirable Human Resources by School Systems..................................................................... 12
Table 6: Essential Classroom Resources by Regions............................................................................. 16
Table 7: Desirable Physical Resources by Regions ............................................................................... 29
Table 8: Desirable Human Resources by Regions ................................................................................. 42
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Working Papers
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Publisher(s) Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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SACMEQ Policy Issue Series
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Publisher(s) Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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SACMEQ Assembly of Ministers IIEP 2011
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Author(s) Irina Bokova Director-General UNESCO
Date 2011-10-23
Language English
Publisher(s) Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
Description Address by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of the SACMEQ Assembly of Ministers IIEP, Paris, 23 October 2011
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Data Cleaning Syntaxes
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Publisher(s) The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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Data Processing Syntaxes
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Notations Used in SACMEQ Countries
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Publisher(s) The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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SACMEQ-III: Suggested Timetable for Data Collection in Schools
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Date 2007-08-09
Language English
Publisher(s) The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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Accessing the Data
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