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How can school performance be improved?. Relationship between learning outcomes and enrollment Crouch and Vinjevold, 2006. Access to secondary education: secondary gross enrollment ratios, Crouch & Vinjevold, 2006. What good schools do. REGULATORY FUNCTION: Orderly environment
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Relationship between learning outcomes and enrollment Crouch and Vinjevold, 2006
Access to secondary education: secondary gross enrollment ratios, Crouch & Vinjevold, 2006
What good schools do REGULATORY FUNCTION: • Orderly environment • Intellectual activity valued • Sense of responsibility INSTRUCTIONAL FUNCTION: • Proficiency in LOI • Reading & writing • Proficiency in specific discipline: Maths, History, Literature
Top Performing Schools • What do they need? • Where African numbers are small: • Incentives to increase African roll • Where African numbers are large: • Subsidies for poor children • All: • Increase level of cognitive demand of curriculum
Key lever 1: Time on Task • Chisholm et al, 2005 • Teachers work an average 41 hours (out of 43)/week • 41% of this on teaching: 3.4h/day • 14% devoted to planning and preparation, • 14% on assessment, evaluation, reports and record-keeping
Key lever 2: Curriculum Coverage 3: ¾ or more ASs completed during year 2: Between ½ and ¾ of ASs completed 1: Between ¼ and ½ 0: Less than ¼ covered
Key lever 3: Teacher Knowledge Grade 3 teachers wrote parts of the Grade 6 learner test: • Literacy: 55% • Numeracy: 65%
Poorly performing schoolsStart with Time Management • Part of institutional culture • Leadership • Organisational development ≠ training • BUT provinces & districts too weak
Differentiated approach Raise level of cognitive demand Top performing schools Schools with Threshold Capacity • Eg Dinaledi II • Training • Resources • Incentives Dysfunctional Schools Organisational development State authority But weak state
Why is our civil service so inefficient? • They went to poorly performing schools • Structural instability • Ideology: threw out authority with authoritarianism • Unions better organised • Lack of focus, eg matric exams