Unraveling a Secret

This paper seeks to find an empirical explanation of Vietnam's outstanding performance on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2012. Only a few developing countries participate in the assessment. Those who do, with the unique exception of Vietnam, are typically clustered at the lower end of the range of the Programme for International student Assessment scores. The paper compares Vietnam's performance with that of a set of seven developing countries from the 2012 assessment's data set, using a cut-off per capita GDP (in 2010 purchasing power parity dollars) of $10,000. The seven developing countries' average performance lags Vietnam's by more than 100 points. The "Vietnam effect" is difficult to unscramble, but the paper is able to explain about half of the gap between Vietnam and the seven countries. The analysis reveals that Vietnamese students may be approaching their studies with higher diligence and discipline, their parents may have higher expectations, and the parents may be following up with teachers regarding those expectations. The teachers themselves may be working in a more disciplined environment, with tabs being kept on their own performance as teachers. Vietnam may also be benefiting from investments in pre-school education and in school infrastructure that are disproportionately higher when compared with Vietnam's per capita income level.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Parandekar, Suhas D., Sedmik, Elisabeth K.
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016-04
Subjects:	SKILLS, STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS, PARENT PARTICIPATION, ACADEMIC STANDARDS, COLLEGE, BASIC EDUCATION, FORMAL EDUCATION, TEACHERS, STUDENT FEES, MATH TEST, EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO, SCHOOLING, AVERAGE ENROLLMENT, ADMISSION POLICIES, ELEMENTS, HIGH SCHOOL, SCIENCE INSTRUCTION, INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE, PAPERS, SCHOOL LIFE, INCENTIVES FOR TEACHERS, TEACHER PERFORMANCE, MATHEMATICS TEACHERS, SCHOOL INSTRUCTION, DISCIPLINES, DISSERTATION, HIGH SCHOOLS, OPEN ACCESS, EXAMINATION, KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE, COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT, MATHEMATICS, SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, ACADEMIC SUCCESS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, SCHOOL HOURS, ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION, SCHOOL CLIMATE, SCHOOL PROJECT, SCIENCE SCORES, CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, PARENTAL EDUCATION, MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS, EIGHTH-GRADE, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, SCHOOL AUTONOMY, LEARNING, RESEARCH, STUDENT REPORTS, TEACHING, STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS, CURRICULAR ACTIVITY, ACHIEVEMENT DATA, TEST SCORES, EDUCATIONAL POLICIES, PLAY SCHOOL, HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARDS, PROBLEM SOLVING, SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT, TEACHER MANAGEMENT, PARENTS’ EDUCATION, SCHOOL MANAGEMENT, READING, SUBJECTS, STUDENT ASSESSMENT, SPORTS, INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS, ATTITUDES, SCIENCE, REFERENCE BOOKS, AVERAGE CLASS SIZE, VALUES, CLASSROOM ASSISTANTS, STUDENT, SCHOOLS, STUDENT ATTITUDES, EDUCATION LEVELS, EDUCATIONAL REFORM, POLITICAL SCIENCE, GRADUATION RATES, TEACHER RATIOS, TEXTBOOK, ACHIEVEMENT, PEER REVIEW, LITERATURE, EARLY CHILDHOOD, CLASS SIZE, SCHOOL CHILDREN, LOWER SECONDARY, PARENTAL SUPPORT, CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, CURRICULUM, PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, TEACHER, EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS, BOOKS AT HOME, INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT, EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, UPPER SECONDARY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TEACHER RATIO, UNIVERSIT, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, EDUCATION, HUMAN RESOURCES, PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES, TEACHER APPRAISAL, INSTRUCTION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WORKING STUDENTS, VILLAGE SCHOOL, STUDENTS, QUALITY ASSURANCE, SCHOOL EDUCATION, TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO, NUMBER OF STUDENTS, STUDENTS PER TEACHER, STUDENTS IN MATHEMATICS, PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS, UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION, FEES, READERS, TEACHER ABSENTEEISM, LABOR MARKETS, CLASSROOM, REPETITION RATES, SCHOOL, SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE, SECONDARY EDUCATION, INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION, LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION, TRUANCY, MATHEMATICS EDUCATION, ABSENTEEISM, PRIVATE SCHOOL, SCHOOL COMMITTEES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26212117/unraveling-secret-vietnams-outstanding-performance-pisa-test https://hdl.handle.net/10986/24203
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!