Servaas van der Berg
How effective are poor schools? Poverty and educational outcomes in South Africa
Stellenbosch University
given south africas divided past imperative improve educational outcomes overcome labour market inequalities historically white indian schools still outperform black coloured schools examinations intraclass correlation coefficients rho reflect far greater betweenschool variance countries sacmeqs rich data sets provide new possibilities investigating relationships educational outcomes socioeconomic status ses pupil teacher characteristics school resources processes different data generating process applied affluent historically white schools test scores showed bimodal distributions part analysis excluded schools sharply reducing rho test scores regressed various ses measures school inputs full reduced sample using survey regression hierarchical multilevel hlm models shows poor schools least able systematically overcome inherited socioeconomic disadvantage schools diverged ability convert inputs outcomes large random effects hlm models outside richest schools ses mild impact test scores quite low sacmeq context