Description

Over 50 000 African Grade 4 learners from more than 1 400 schools in Botswana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Mauritius, Niger, Senegal, Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia measured their Life Skills, Literacy and Numeracy learning achievements in this unique and historic global study.

Table of contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 2: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION

CHAPTER 3: ASSESSING LEARNER PERFORMANCE: EQUITY - QUALITY TRADE-OFFS

CHAPTER 4: TEACHING AND LEARNING CONDITIONS

CHAPTER 5: FACTORS DETERMINING LEARNER PERFORMANCE

CHAPTER 6: AGENDA FOR ACTION

REFERENCES

APPENDIX A: CONSTRUCTION OF INDEXES
APPENDIX B: STANDARDISATION OF INSTRUMENTS
APPENDIX C: DETAIL ANALYSIS OF LEARNER PERFORMANCE SCORE
APPENDIX D: DATA FROM THE 1992-1998 MLA SURVEYS
APPENDIX E: TABLE OF EFFECTS & CORRELATION MATRICES BY COUNTRY
APPENDIX F: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS FOR MLA AND CTL WORKSHOPS IN AFRICA