National Schools Effectiveness Study 2007-2009
South Africa, 2007 - 2009
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National Schools Effectiveness Study 2007-2009
NSES 2007-2009
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| South Africa | zaf |
Education Survey [es]
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
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).
Longitudinal Survey [ls]
Individuals
Version
v1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution
2018
Version 1 of the dataset was deposited with DataFirst by JET on 28th February 2018.
Scope
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).
| Topic |
|---|
| Schools |
| Learners |
| Teachers |
| Education |
Coverage
The data is nationally representative for all provinces except Gauteng Province, which was not included in the study.
Data is at the level of sub-place and school.
The universe of the study was grade 3 to 5 learners, teachers and principles at the selected schools.
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| JET Education Services |
| Name | Abbreviation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Netherlands Embassy | RNE | Funder |
Sampling
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.
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
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
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2007-10 | 2009-08 | Wave 1 |
- Face-to-face [f2f]
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.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | support.data1st.org | support@data1st.org |
Public use files, available to all
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
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | Metadata producer |
2020-04-24
Metadata version
Version 3