The
SACMEQ III Project in S outh Africa: A Study of The Conditions of Schooling and the Quality of Education.
2008: Evaluation of dimensions of the work of the Southern and Eastern Africa consortium for monitoring educational quality (
SACMEQ) and of its programme of cooperation with the international institute for educational planning (IIEP).
In a regional context, comparative data on the
Sacmeq website shows that when ranked by the performance of the poorest 25% of learners, South Africa comes 14th out of 15 in reading--behind Malawi, Mozambique and Lesotho, for instance.
Do teachers' knowledge and behavior reflect their qualifications and training?: Evidence from PASEC and
SACMEQ country studies.
Correlations with IQ were .570 with SACMEQ II (p = .067) and .722 with SACMEQ III (p = .012) for the 11 countries having both measures.
Only two of the countries in SACMEQ (Botswana, South Africa) participated also in TIMSS, and none in PISA.
The
SACMEQ (Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality) report which was published in 2004 after conducting extensive research on the quality of education offered in Namibia, clearly states "in reading, both Namibian learners and teachers scored below the
SACMEQ means" (p: 29).