Thematic Research Report series

Thematic Research Reports

241 complete publications covering the years 2005 to 2026.

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241 publications in this series

ICEQC-R-2006-06August 15, 2006

Thematic Research Report

Household Disadvantage and Participation in Education: A Disaggregation Protocol

A global methodological study of household survey populations, welfare groupings, participation measures and inequality reporting

National education averages can improve while children in particular household circumstances remain outside school, attend irregularly or leave without completing basic education. Household surveys and population censuses can reveal differences associated with resources, residence, sex, household composition, parental education, language, work and other circumstances that school returns do not observe consistently. Their capacity to disaggregate is a public asset, but it also creates risks of weak classification, unstable estimates, causal overstatement and the statistical disappearance of children outside the household sampling frame.

Research category: Data and Indicator Research
Report archetype: Comparative Indicator Study
Geographic scope: Global

ICEQC-R-2006-05August 9, 2006

Thematic Research Report

Completion, Repetition and Late Entry: A Cohort-Based View of Basic Education Quality

A comparative indicator study of progression, age-for-grade, completion and the interpretation of administrative and household evidence

Completion is a central test of whether a basic education system converts the right to enter school into a sustained educational opportunity. It is not, however, a single observable event with one universal measure. Administrative statistics may count new entrants to the final grade against the population of official graduation age. School records may trace the progress of a reconstructed cohort. Household surveys may establish whether children of a given age attend school or have completed a level. Each approach answers a different question and carries different error.

Research category: Data and Indicator Research
Report archetype: Comparative Indicator Study
Geographic scope: Global

ICEQC-R-2005-03March 13, 2005

Thematic Research Report

Teacher Supply, Deployment and Instructional Capacity: Indicators for System Planning

A stock-and-flow framework for measuring whether the teaching workforce is sufficient, equitably deployed and available for instruction

The ability of an education system to provide sustained instruction depends on more than the number of persons recorded as teachers. A funded post may be vacant. A person on the payroll may be assigned outside a school, absent on the observation day, working part time or teaching a subject for which no preparation has been completed. A teacher present at school may have fewer instructional hours because the timetable, school calendar, shift arrangement or non-teaching duties reduce contact with pupils. Conversely, one teacher may serve more than one class, grade or school. Any account of teacher supply that does not preserve these distinctions can report apparent sufficiency while children receive no dependable instruction.

Research category: Data and Indicator Research
Report archetype: Comparative Indicator Study
Geographic scope: Global

ICEQC-R-2005-02February 13, 2005

Thematic Research Report

Primary Completion Beyond Enrolment: A Comparative Measurement Framework

Definitions, indicator controls and reporting requirements for assessing whether children complete a full course of primary schooling

The international commitment to universal primary education is expressed in terms of completion, not enrolment alone. By 2015, children everywhere, girls and boys alike, are to be able to complete a full course of primary schooling. That wording establishes a demanding measurement obligation. It requires evidence that children enter school, progress through the nationally defined primary cycle, reach its final stage and complete it. It also requires a defensible account of who is excluded at each point and whether the education completed has sufficient quality to serve its stated purpose.

Research category: Data and Indicator Research
Report archetype: Comparative Indicator Study
Geographic scope: Global