Educational Quality : Defining What's Important
Planning and monitoring the quality of
primary education in sub-Saharan Africa takes as its
starting point the conviction that improvements in the
quality of education must focus on the school as the unit of
change. Through a review of the qualitative research
literature on school improvement and the more quantitative
literature on school effectiveness, a conceptual framework
that identifies generic factors that determine school
effectiveness is formulated. Drawing from the literature,
detailed definitions and indicators relevant to sub-Saharan
Africa are presented for each of the factors. The paper then
describes, with some examples, how the conceptual framework
of factors, definitions, and indicators can be used in the
region to plan improvements in the quality of primary
education, to conduct situation analyses and sector work on
school quality, and to monitor and evaluate educational
reforms. The paper concludes with an assessment of the
strengths and weaknesses of these materials and a reminder
that they must be locally adapted if they are to prove
useful in improving the quality of education for
Africa's children.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Heneveld, Ward |
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| Format: | Brief
biblioteca
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
1994-04
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| Subjects: | PLANNING METHODS,
MONITORING,
EVALUATION STUDIES,
PRIMARY EDUCATION,
EDUCATIONAL REFORMS,
QUALITY OF EDUCATION,
PRIMARY SCHOOLS ABSENTEEISM,
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT,
ADAPTATION,
CLASSROOMS,
EDUCATION OFFICIALS,
EDUCATION QUALITY,
EDUCATION SYSTEM,
EDUCATION SYSTEMS,
EDUCATIONAL INPUTS,
EDUCATIONAL POLICY,
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY,
EDUCATIONAL REFORM,
EDUCATORS,
EXERCISES,
LEARNING,
LEARNING MATERIALS,
LEARNING PROCESS,
MANAGERS,
NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS,
NATIONAL EDUCATION,
NATIONAL REFORM,
PRIMARY SCHOOL,
PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS,
PRIMARY SCHOOLS,
PROGRAMS,
SAMPLE SIZE,
SCHOOL BUILDINGS,
SCHOOL CLIMATE,
SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS,
SCHOOL FACTORS,
SCHOOL HEADS,
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT,
SCHOOL PERFORMANCE,
SCHOOL QUALITY,
SECONDARY SCHOOLS,
SHOW HOW,
SOCIAL SKILLS,
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT,
STUDENT TESTING,
TEACHER,
TEACHER ATTITUDES,
TEACHERS,
TEACHING, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1994/04/1570740/educational-quality-defining-whats-important
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10019
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