Large-scale instructional reform in the Global South: insights from the mid-point evaluation of the Gauteng Primary Language and Mathematics Strategy

Large-scale instructional reform in the Global South: insights from the mid-point evaluation of the Gauteng Primary Language and Mathematics Strategy

This paper reports on a mid-point evaluation of the Gauteng Primary Language and Mathematics Strategy (GPLMS), an innovative large-scale reform designed to improve learning outcomes. Using data from universal testing of all learners in 2008 on a provincial systemic evaluation, and data from the 2011...

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Main Authors: Brahm Fleisch, Volker Schöer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Education Association of South Africa 2014-03-01
Series:South African Journal of Education
Subjects:
large-scale education reform
literacy
regression discontinuity design
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0256-01002014000300001&lng=en&tlng=en
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spelling doaj-2d0e2b8a34fc4b46b908498ec634e3552020-11-24T21:50:32ZengEducation Association of South AfricaSouth African Journal of Education2076-34332014-03-013430112S0256-01002014000300001Large-scale instructional reform in the Global South: insights from the mid-point evaluation of the Gauteng Primary Language and Mathematics StrategyBrahm Fleisch0Volker Schöer1University of the WitwatersrandUniversity of the WitwatersrandThis paper reports on a mid-point evaluation of the Gauteng Primary Language and Mathematics Strategy (GPLMS), an innovative large-scale reform designed to improve learning outcomes. Using data from universal testing of all learners in 2008 on a provincial systemic evaluation, and data from the 2011 and 2012 Annual National Assessment (ANA) test, this paper addresses the key research question, namely whether the GPLMS is effective in closing the gap between performing and underperforming schools. Given the evidence we have presented of an instrument effect, namely that various versions of the ANA may not be strictly comparable, no definitive conclusions can be drawn about the effectiveness of the GPLMS.http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0256-01002014000300001&lng=en&tlng=enlarge-scale education reformliteracyregression discontinuity design
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Large-scale instructional reform in the Global South: insights from the mid-point evaluation of the Gauteng Primary Language and Mathematics Strategy
South African Journal of Education
large-scale education reform
literacy
regression discontinuity design
author_facet Brahm Fleisch
Volker Schöer
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title Large-scale instructional reform in the Global South: insights from the mid-point evaluation of the Gauteng Primary Language and Mathematics Strategy
title_short Large-scale instructional reform in the Global South: insights from the mid-point evaluation of the Gauteng Primary Language and Mathematics Strategy
title_full Large-scale instructional reform in the Global South: insights from the mid-point evaluation of the Gauteng Primary Language and Mathematics Strategy
title_fullStr Large-scale instructional reform in the Global South: insights from the mid-point evaluation of the Gauteng Primary Language and Mathematics Strategy
title_full_unstemmed Large-scale instructional reform in the Global South: insights from the mid-point evaluation of the Gauteng Primary Language and Mathematics Strategy
title_sort large-scale instructional reform in the global south: insights from the mid-point evaluation of the gauteng primary language and mathematics strategy
publisher Education Association of South Africa
series South African Journal of Education
issn 2076-3433
publishDate 2014-03-01
description This paper reports on a mid-point evaluation of the Gauteng Primary Language and Mathematics Strategy (GPLMS), an innovative large-scale reform designed to improve learning outcomes. Using data from universal testing of all learners in 2008 on a provincial systemic evaluation, and data from the 2011 and 2012 Annual National Assessment (ANA) test, this paper addresses the key research question, namely whether the GPLMS is effective in closing the gap between performing and underperforming schools. Given the evidence we have presented of an instrument effect, namely that various versions of the ANA may not be strictly comparable, no definitive conclusions can be drawn about the effectiveness of the GPLMS.
topic large-scale education reform
literacy
regression discontinuity design
url http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0256-01002014000300001&lng=en&tlng=en
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