Education economist; Sports enthusiast
Pretoria
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Here is a new paper coauthored with Martin Gustafsson in which we use both historical and statistical analysis to explain WHY South Africa's reading outcomes improved between 2011 and 2016 (and yes, they have improved though still low & unequal): ekon.sun.ac.za/wpapers/2022/…
Lant Pritchett's 3 steps to achieve quality education for all: 1) Commit to foundational learning 2) Measure it - "what you don't measure doesn't get done" 3) Align the education system around learning goals - "learning for all requires all for learning" ft.com/content/5540d2fb-408f…
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A Nobel Prize for the Credibility Revolution--David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens. My writeup at Marginal Revolution marginalrevolution.com/margi…
Enjoying the @RTI_Intl How-To Guides being developed for the Science of Teaching Project, now with new guides on Assessment-Informed Instruction:
scienceofteaching.s3.eu-west… Good lessons at the classroom level and system level.
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New paper from South Africa provides hard data, on learning losses, building on earlier simulations. Key to estimating learning loss is capturing deterioration in learning + the "opportunity cost" of forgone learning.
cc: Ardington Wills @JaneliViljoen
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Really enjoyed and learned from this piece by my sister, Helen Taylor: South Africa's Constitutional Court: the case for judicial dissent, and the caveats theconversation.com/south-af… via @TC_Africa
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In São Paulo, Brazil:
"Dropout risk increased by 365% under remote learning."
"Average standardized test scores decreased by 0.32 standard deviation, as if students had only learned 27.5% of the in-person equivalent under remote learning."
researchsquare.com/article/r…
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This is our paper. Great collaboration with my co-authors @debbidooda @stephengstaylor @JaneliViljoen. The paper is accessible here: cramsurvey.org/reports/#wave…
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All 12 NIDS-CRAM Wave 4 Working Papers are now available on our website: cramsurvey.org/reports/ and the W4 Synthesis Report is available here: cramsurvey.org/wp-content/up…
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*NIDS-CRAM WAVE 4*
These are the 12 NIDS-CRAM Wave 4 Working Papers we'll be releasing at our 12 May 10am WEBINAR LAUNCH. To join us register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
We (DBE) recently updated our repository of research about COVID-19 and children/schooling. Its not comprehensive but hopefully provide a useful list of local South African and international research to get you going: education.gov.za/Portals/0/D…
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Our piece in the Financial Mail based on latest NIDS-CRAM survey analysis I did with @Mpumi_NLM and @debbidooda: Keeping schools open: Covid lessons learnt businesslive.co.za/fm/featur… via @BusinessLiveSA
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Turning to education, @Mpumi_NLM presents the #NIDSCRAMWave3 findings based on her work with @debbidooda and @stephengstaylor.
Link to full paper here: cramsurvey.org/wp-content/up…
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Some highlights from our paper
1. Average weekly attendance increased to pre-lockdown levels, from 37% in July to 95% across all grades by November across all grades and provinces.
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How research findings are showing the way to improving reading skills in the early grades in SA #education #evidenceimpact @3ieNews @Mpumi_NLM @JaneliViljoen @stephengstaylor bit.ly/earlygrade
We are hiring two Assistant Directors within DBE Research, Monitoring and Evaluation. Please see the adverts and spread the word to anyone potentially interested and suitable:
dpsa.gov.za/dpsa2g/documents…
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Structured pedagogy how-to guide webinar Thursday 9 AM EST, 5 PM EAT. What do we know about implementing effective literacy and numeracy programs Including @A1kazmi @USAIDEducation @WBG_Education @stephengstaylor @RTI_INTL_DEV rtiorg.zoom.us/webinar/regis…
Work Opportunity: Molteno is hiring a Quality Assurance Manager for an Early Grade Reading Programme being done in collaboration with DBE: we.tl/t-L0TIc7o3n0
Please everyone do spread this message: great opportunity to work with us in the DBE over the next few years:
OPPORTUNITY ALERT: Early Grade Mathematics Project (EGMP) Research Associate Appointment. Full details on link 👉: bit.ly/2GXWmGz
Glad to see that @UNESCOstat has now introduced an SDG indicator that deals with both school grade completion and learning, quite similar to what @NicSpaull and I proposed in 2015. Check out their blog on this: gemreportunesco.wordpress.co… @GEMReport
The paper I wrote with @NicSpaull in Comparative Education Review, here: jstor.org/stable/10.1086/679…