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National Schools Effectiveness Study 2007-2009

South Africa, 2007 - 2009
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zaf-jet-nses-2007-2009-v1
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JET Education Services
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Mar 28, 2018
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
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  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    zaf-jet-nses-2007-2009-v1
    Title
    National Schools Effectiveness Study 2007-2009
    Abbreviation or Acronym
    NSES 2007-2009
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type
    Education Survey [es]
    Series Information
    JET Education Services. 2010. National School Effectiveness Study 2007-2009 [dataset]. Version 1. Johannesburg: JET Education Services [producer], 2010. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/kwb8-cp19
    Abstract
    The National Schools Effectiveness Study investigated school outcomes in South Africa with a sample of 268 schools representative of all South African provinces except Gauteng. The study followed a cohort of children for 3 years, commencing with Grade 3 in 2007 and ending with Grade 5 in 2009. Around 16 000 children participated in each year of data gathering, within which a cohort of 8 383 was successfully tracked over all three years. School-level and classroom data was collected by means of interviews and direct observations. Learner performance was assessed by means of literacy and mathematics tests administered to learners. Teacher practices were assesses through an analysis of planning and assessment records and a test administered to maths and language teachers. The study covered a wide range of outcomes and was intended to generate information on what is important in shaping student performance in the context of South African education. This dataset includes data for 2007 (wave 1) and 2009 (wave 3).
    Kind of Data
    Longitudinal Survey [ls]
    Unit of Analysis
    Individuals

    Version

    Version Description
    v1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution
    Version Date
    2018
    Version Notes
    Version 1 of the dataset was deposited with DataFirst by JET on 28th February 2018.

    Scope

    Notes

    The NSES collected data on learners' home background, learner characteristics, teacher knowledge, learner literacy and numeracy, school resources, and curriculum management practices in a sample of 268 schools in eight of the nine provinces (excluding Gauteng).

    Topics
    Topic
    Schools
    Learners
    Teachers
    Education
    Keywords
    children education

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    The data is nationally representative for all provinces except Gauteng Province, which was not included in the study.
    Geographic Unit
    Data is at the level of sub-place and school.
    Universe
    The universe of the study was grade 3 to 5 learners, teachers and principles at the selected schools.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    JET Education Services
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Abbreviation Role
    Royal Netherlands Embassy RNE Funder

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure
    The NSES sampling was stratified by province (although Gauteng did not participate). The survey followed a stratified one-stage cluster design with province as the unit of stratification. Within provinces, schools were sampled with equal probability.
    Weighting
    Within selected schools all learners in the grade were sampled. Consequently, within provinces the sample is self-weighting. For the calculation of national statistics, the variable "learner_weight" should be used. This variable is the same for all students within each province. When calculating statistics at the school-level (i.e. when each school is counted once) the "school_weight" should be used. This weight variable is equal to the "learner_weight" multiplied by the number of learners in the grade.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires
    Data collection instruments included a learner questionnaire (administered in 2007, 2008, and 2009), a principal questionnaire, which was slightly different each year (2007, 2008, 2009), a teacher questionnaire, with a literacy and numeracy test (adminstered in 2008 to grade 4 teachers and in 2009 to grade 5 teachers), and a literacy and numeracy test for learners (2007, 2008, 2009).

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2007-10 2009-08 Wave 1
    Data Collection Mode
    • Face-to-face [f2f]
    Data Collection Notes
    Learner performance, the main outcome variable, was assessed by means of literacy and mathematics tests administered to learners. School-level and classroom data was collected by means of interviews and direct observations using structured instruments and fieldworkers experienced in the work of schools. The study assessed teacher practices through an analysis of planning and assessment records, and a detailed analysis of learner writing in maths and literacy by examining all the exercise books in each subject of the best student in each class. A short subject-relevant test was also administered to maths and language teachers.

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org
    Access conditions
    Public use files, available to all
    Citation requirements
    JET Education Services. 2010. National School Effectiveness Study 2007-2009 [dataset]. Version 1. Johannesburg: JET Education Services [producer], 2010. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/kwb8-cp19

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2020-04-24

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    Version 3
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