The geography of learning outcomes in India
5 years, 11 months ago

The geography of learning outcomes in India

Live Mint  

New Delhi: There is a stark divide across rural India in learning outcomes, with better performing districts clustered in a few parts of the country, a Mint-HT analysis of two large data sets on learning outcomes show. ASER is a rapid assessment survey conducted across rural households covering both private and government school students while NAS employs a more detailed test and is conducted in classrooms of government schools across the country. And more than half of the districts in ASER’s bottom quintile feature in the bottom two NAS quintiles, suggesting significant convergence in trends when it comes to performance in basic math at the primary level of schooling. While there are differences in the two surveys, both surveys indicate significant geographic inequality in learning outcomes, with prosperous parts of the country, on average, performing far better than the poorer parts.

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Disparities in schooling quality need to end for better outcomes
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Disparities in schooling quality need to end for better outcomes

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Reverse the learning loss of India’s young
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Hindustan Times  

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How privilege shapes learning outcomes in India

Live Mint  

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What ASER says about quality of learning in India
5 years, 11 months ago

What ASER says about quality of learning in India

Live Mint  

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