Servaas van der Berg ReSEP Department of Economics University of Stellenbosch 19 September 2016 Has our education system turned the corner SACMEQ data almost certainly overoptimistic thus that offers little evidence ID: 650688
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Education and inequality
Servaas
van der BergReSEP,Department of Economics, University of Stellenbosch19 September 2016Slide2
Has our education system turned the corner?
SACMEQ data almost certainly over-optimistic, thus that offers little evidenceTIMSS 2011 showed some improvement, especially amongst poorer studentsGustafsson found strong improvement in performance of black matriculants against a reference groupThe new TIMSS and PIRLS may provide further evidence of improvementYet Kotzé can find few well-performing poor schoolsSlide3
Research data needs
Assessment of children before they enter school or at school entry, preferably then also tracking them through school.LURITS system (individual tracking of children through school) should function properly and be properly
analysedLink the two major educational management information systems, EMIS (in schools) and HEMIS (in universities)Ask matriculants more background questions when they register for the matric exam, to allow better analysisSlide4
The qualifications hierarchy
Source: Van Broekhuizen, Van der Berg & Hofmeyr 2016Slide5
Education and wages
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The qualifications hierarchy
Education and wages