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Southern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality 2007

Kenya, 2007
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Questionnaires
SACMEQ-III Combined Questionnaires
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Publisher(s) The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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Reports
Trends in Achievement Levels of Grade 6 Pupils in Kenya
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Date 2011-06-01
Country Kenya
Language English
Publisher(s) Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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Progress in Gender Equality in Education : Kenya
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Date 2011-09-01
Country Kenya
Language English
Publisher(s) Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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Pupil and Teacher Knowledge about HIV and AIDS in Kenya
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Date 2011-04-01
Country Kenya
Language English
Publisher(s) Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality
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The SACMEQ-III Project in Kenya: A Study of the Conditions of Schooling and the Quality of Education
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Author(s) Paul M. Wasanga Mukhtar A. Ogle Richard M. Wambua
Country Kenya
Language English
Table of contents TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgement ii
List of Tables vi
List of Figures ix
Abbreviations and Accronyms x
Statement from the Minister xii
Preface by the Permanent Secretary xiii
Foreword by the Education Secretary xiv
Executive Summary xv
Chapter 1 1
1.0 Setting the Scene 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Country Profile of Kenya 1
1.3 The Structure of Kenya’s Education System 2
1.3.1 Primary Education 2
1.3.2 Secondary and Higher Education 3
1.4 Objectives and Policy Priorities 3
1.5 Teacher Education and Training 4
1.6 Management and Administration of Education and Training 4
1.7 Financing of Education 4
1.8 Educational Policy Reviews and Reforms 2003 to 2012 5
1.9 The Main Policy Concerns of The Ministry of Education 7
1.10 The SACMEQ Consortium and Its Perceived Importance and Benefits with Respect to
Educational Policy Research and Training in Kenya 8
1.11 The SACMEQ III General Policy Concerns 8
1.12 The Structure and Content of this Report 9
Chapter 2 12
2.0 Conduct of the SACMEQ III Project 12
2.1 Introduction 12
2.2 Population and Sample 13
2.2.1 The Specification of the Target Population 13
2.2.2 Desired Target Population 13
2.2.3 Excluded and Defined Target Populations 13
2.2.4 The Stratification Procedures 14
2.3 Evaluation of the SACMEQ Sample Designs 14
2.4 Data Collection 15
2.5 Data Entry, Data Checking and Data Cleaning 17
2.6 Data Analysis 18
2.7 Writing the SACMEQ III Policy Reports 18
2.8 Conclusion 19
Chapter 3 22
3.0 Pupils’ Characteristics and their Learning Environment 22
3.1 Introduction 22
3.2 A Note on the Interpretation of the Data Analyses 22
3.3 Personal Characteristics of Pupils 23
3.4 School Context Factors Experienced by Pupils 28
3.5 Pupil Access to Learning Materials 34
3.6 Access to Books in the Class Library 37
3.7 Extra Tuition 38
3.8 Conclusion 40
Chapter 4 44
4.0 Characteristics of Teachers and their Views about Classroom Resources and Professional
Support 44
4.1 Introduction 44
4.2 Teacher Personal Characteristics and Housing Conditions 44
4.3 Teacher Professional Characteristics 46
4.4 Teacher Time Allocation 50
4.5 Assessment and Communication with Parents 51
4.6 Availability of Teaching Aids, Teacher Chair and Teacher Table 53
4.7 Professional Support 55
4.8 Conclusion 58
Chapter 5 62
5.0 School Heads’ Characteristics and their Views on Educational Infrastructure, the
Organization and Operation of Schools 62
5.1 Introduction 62
5.2 Personal Characteristics of School Heads 62
5.3 Professional Characteristics of School Heads 63
5.4 School Resources 66
5.5 School Operations and School Problems 68
5.6 Conclusion 72
Chapter 6 74
6.0 HIV and AIDS Knowledge and Attitudes of Pupils, Teachers and Head Teachers 74
6.1 Introduction 74
6.2 Pupils Knowledge and Attitudes about HIV and AIDS 74
6.3 Teachers’ HIV and AIDS Knowledge and attitudes 83
6.4 School heads’ attitude and school policy on HIV and AIDS 87
6.5 Conclusion 91
Chapter 7 94
7.0 Reading and Mathematics Achievement Levels of Pupils and their Teachers 94
7.1 Introduction 94
7.2 Two Ways of Presenting Test Scores 94
7.3 Overall Pupil and Teacher Mean Scores and Competency Levels 96
7.4 Pupil Mean Scores and Competency Levels Divided by Important Subgroups 103
7.5 Conclusion 108
Chapter 8 110
8.0 Results of Multilevel Analysis 110
8.1 Introduction 110
8.2 Reading Multilevel Analysis 110
8.3 Mathematics Multilevel Analysis 111
8.4 Implications 113
Chapter 9 116
9.0 Conclusions and Agenda for Action 116
9.1 Impact of SACMEQ studies in Kenya’s education system 116
9.2 Summary of Findings 117
9.3 Improving the Quality of Primary Education in Kenya: Some Policy Suggestions 117
9.4 Conclusions 122
References 124
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Policy Brief: Quality of Primary School Inputs in Kenya
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Author(s) SACMEQ
Date 2011-10-01
Country Kenya
Language English
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Technical documents
Sample Schools Kenya
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Country Kenya
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Manual for National Research Coordinators
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Date 2007-09-01
Country Kenya
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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SACMEQ-III Codebook
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Other Materials
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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Language English
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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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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