International Benchmarking and Determinants of Mathematics Achievement in Two Indian States

Evidence 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 interna...

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Main Authors:	Wu, Kin Bing, Goldschmidt, Pete, Boscardin, Christy Kim, Sankar, Deepa
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Analysis of Education I210 Economics of Gender Non-labor Discrimination J160 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Measurement of Economic Growth Aggregate Productivity Cross-Country Output Convergence O470
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5028

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spelling	okr-10986-50282021-04-23T14:02:20Z International Benchmarking and Determinants of Mathematics Achievement in Two Indian States Wu, Kin Bing Goldschmidt, Pete Boscardin, Christy Kim Sankar, Deepa Analysis of Education I210 Economics of Gender Non-labor Discrimination J160 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Measurement of Economic Growth Aggregate Productivity Cross-Country Output Convergence O470 Evidence 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. 2012-03-30T07:30:55Z 2012-03-30T07:30:55Z 2009 Journal Article Education Economics 09645292 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5028 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article India
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description	Evidence 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.
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author	Wu, Kin Bing Goldschmidt, Pete Boscardin, Christy Kim Sankar, Deepa
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title	International Benchmarking and Determinants of Mathematics Achievement in Two Indian States
title_short	International Benchmarking and Determinants of Mathematics Achievement in Two Indian States
title_full	International Benchmarking and Determinants of Mathematics Achievement in Two Indian States
title_fullStr	International Benchmarking and Determinants of Mathematics Achievement in Two Indian States
title_full_unstemmed	International Benchmarking and Determinants of Mathematics Achievement in Two Indian States
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International Benchmarking and Determinants of Mathematics Achievement in Two Indian States

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