MARC Record from marc_columbia

LEADER: 02804cam a2200421 a 4500
001 9496221
005 20120716173921.0
008 110823s2008 sa a b 000 0 eng d
020 $a9780981403182
020 $a0981403182
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn747648288
035 $a(OCoLC)747648288
035 $a(NNC)9496221
040 $aINU$cINU$dINU$dYUS
043 $af-sa---
050 4 $aLC4706.S6$bL36 2008
082 04 $a370.968$222
100 1 $aLam, David.
245 10 $aSchooling as a lottery :$bracial differences in school advancement in urban South Africa /$cDavid Lam, Cally Ardington, Murray Leibbrandt.
260 $aRondebosch :$bSouthern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit,$cc2008.
300 $a43 p. :$bill. ;$c21 cm.
490 1 $aSaldru working paper ;$vno. 18.
520 3 $a"This paper develops a stochastic model of grade repetition to analyze the large racial differences in progress through secondary school in South Africa. The model predicts that a larger stochastic component in the link between learning and measured performance will generate higher enrollment, higher failure rates, and a weaker link between ability and grade progression. Using recently collected longitudinal data we find that progress through secondary school is strongly associated with scores on a baseline literacy and numeracy test. In grades 8-11 the effect of these scores on grade progression is much stronger for white and coloured students than for African students, while there is no racial difference in the impact of the scores on passing the nationally standardized grade 12 matriculation exam. The results provide strong support for our model, suggesting that grade progression in African schools is poorly linked to actual ability and learning. The results point to the importance of considering the stochastic component of grade repetition in analyzing school systems with high failure rates"--P. before p. 1.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 31-32).
530 $aAlso available via the Internet.
650 0 $aAcademic achievement$zSouth Africa.
650 0 $aSchool failure$zSouth Africa.
650 0 $aGrade repetition$zSouth Africa.
650 0 $aEducational equalization$zSouth Africa.
650 0 $aBlacks$xEducation (Secondary)$zSouth Africa.
650 0 $aEducation, Secondary$zSouth Africa.
650 0 $aEducational indicators$zSouth Africa.
700 1 $aArdington, Cally.
700 1 $aLeibbrandt, M. V.
710 2 $aUniversity of Cape Town.$bSouthern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit.
830 0 $aSaldru working paper ;$vno. 18.
856 41 $uhttp://www.saldru.uct.ac.za/home/index.php?/component/option,com_docman/Itemid,32/gid,246/task,doc_download/$3Link to online version
852 00 $boff,leh$hLC4706.S6$iL36 2008g