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Zhang, Yanhong – Comparative Education Review, 2006
In this article, the author documents the learning disadvantage of rural primary school students in sub-Saharan Africa and attempts to identify the factors underlying such disadvantages. Analyzing data from 14 school systems participating in the second study of the Southern and Western Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Reading Achievement, Academic Achievement
Casserly, Michael – Council of the Great City Schools, 2005
The Council of the Great City Schools has prepared this fifth edition of "Beating the Odds" ("Beating the Odds V)" to give the nation another look at how inner-city schools are performing on the academic goals and standards set by the states for our children. This analysis examines student achievement in math and reading through spring 2004. It…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Mathematics Achievement, Urban Schools, Expenditure per Student