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International Benchmarking and Determinants of Mathematics Achievement in Two Indian States

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dc.contributor.authorWu, Kin Bing
dc.contributor.authorGoldschmidt, Pete
dc.contributor.authorBoscardin, Christy Kim
dc.contributor.authorSankar, Deepa
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-30T07:30:55Z
dc.date.available2012-03-30T07:30:55Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractEvidence from cross-country studies suggests that the sustainability of India's rapid economic growth will be conditioned by the quality of its education. This paper analyzed a 2005 World Bank-sponsored survey of grade nine students in the states of Rajasthan and Orissa. The survey used internationally comparable items from the 1999 Trends of Mathematics Study to provide the first international benchmark for education quality in India for three decades. The study finds that only 15% and 25% of students in Rajasthan and Orissa, respectively, have achieved the expected international average of these items. The study further shows that increasing students' opportunity to learn through better pedagogical practices and enhanced schooling experience can increase performance, while mitigating between-school inequality, and reducing the achievement gap between boys and girls, holding other factors constant.en
dc.identifier.citationEducation Economics
dc.identifier.issn09645292
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/5028
dc.language.isoEN
dc.relation.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.subjectAnalysis of Education I210
dc.subjectEconomics of Gender
dc.subjectNon-labor Discrimination J160
dc.subjectEconomic Development: Human Resources
dc.subjectHuman Development
dc.subjectIncome Distribution
dc.subjectMigration O150
dc.subjectMeasurement of Economic Growth
dc.subjectAggregate Productivity
dc.subjectCross-Country Output Convergence O470
dc.titleInternational Benchmarking and Determinants of Mathematics Achievement in Two Indian Statesen
dc.title.alternativeEducation Economicsen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.externalcontentExternal Content
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum1719
okr.journal.nbpages395-411
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryIndia
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okr.relation.associatedurlhttp://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09645292.asp
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