Assessing Children’s Learning Outcomes: A Comparison of two cohorts from Young Lives Ethiopia, By Tassew Woldehanna, Mesele W. Araya and Aregawi Gebremedhin

Tassew Woldehanna, Mesele W. Araya; Aregawi Gebremedhin

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dc.contributor.author	Tassew Woldehanna, Mesele W. Araya	-
dc.contributor.author	Aregawi Gebremedhin	-
dc.date.accessioned	2022-02-26T07:11:06Z	-
dc.date.available	2022-02-26T07:11:06Z	-
dc.date.issued	2016-06	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://ecde.aau.edu.et/jspui/handle/123456789/197	-
dc.description	This paper examines the disparity in learning outcomes between two cohorts of children of the same age (12 years old) but seven years apart using data from Young Lives Ethiopia. Learning outcomes are measured by the differences in mathematics, common reading and receptive vocabulary tests. By applying simple statistical tests, we particularly looked at whether the level of learning outcomes declined or improved over the seven years period of time. We found a substantial and statistically significant difference in mathematics and reading scores between the two cohorts showing a decline from the older to the younger cohort. In the case of mathematics test, for example, the percentage of correct scores declined from 54.42% in 2006 to 37.17% in 2013. The 17.25 percentage point difference is significant at P<0.01. This decline was mainly driven by those children who were living in rural areas; whose caregivers had received little or no education; whose households’ wealth tercile was at the bottom; and/or who were in government primary schools. Though the percentage of receptive vocabulary score showed a slight increase from the older to the younger cohort, a rising inequality was observed at intra-cohort level. These findings point out that there is a need to halt the deterioration of learning outcomes and rising inequalities early in life as these may result in different form of inequalities if left unchecked. The paper also proposes further research to identify the in school and out-of-school factors that might contribute to the declining levels of learning outcomes and widening learning inequalities.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The objective of this paper is to examine the levels of learning and disparity among children aged 12 years.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Institute of Educational Research, AAU	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Institute of Education Research, Addis Ababa University	en_US
dc.subject	Research Report	en_US
dc.subject	levels of learning and disparity among children aged 12 years	en_US
dc.title	Assessing Children’s Learning Outcomes: A Comparison of two cohorts from Young Lives Ethiopia, By Tassew Woldehanna, Mesele W. Araya and Aregawi Gebremedhin	en_US
dc.type	Working Paper	en_US
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