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Does family background natter for learning in East Africa? created by Sam K Jones and Youdi Schipper.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Africa Education Review ; Volume 12 , number 1 ,Pretoria UNISA Press and Routledge 2015Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISSN:
  • 18146627
Subject(s): Online resources: Summary: The extent to which differences in family background characteristics explain differences in learning outcomes between children captures the extent of equality in educational opportunities. This study uses large-scale data on literacy and numeracy outcomes for children of school age across East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) to investigate the contribution of family background to learning differences. We find that learning differences between children from less-advantaged households and those from more-advantaged households equals around one year or more of effective learning on average. Even so, family background does not fully explain why children of school starting age display large differences in learning between countries.
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Journal Article Journal Article Main Library - Special Collections L81.A33 AFR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Vol.12, No.1, pages 7-27 SP23221 Not for loan For in-house use only

The extent to which differences in family background characteristics explain differences in learning outcomes between children captures the extent of equality in educational opportunities. This study uses large-scale data on literacy and numeracy outcomes for children of school age across East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda) to investigate the contribution of family background to learning differences. We find that learning differences between children from less-advantaged households and those from more-advantaged households equals around one year or more of effective learning on average. Even so, family background does not fully explain why children of school starting age display large differences in learning between countries.

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