SACMEQ II Reading and Math scores for Lesotho
| |
PUPIL PERFORMANCE ON ALL ITEMS |
| SACMEQ II |
READING |
MATHEMATICS |
| REGION |
MEAN |
SE |
MEAN |
SE |
| BEREA |
437.7 |
5.54 |
435.1 |
5.20 |
| BUTHA-BUTHE |
484.4 |
14.52 |
461.1 |
11.06 |
| LERIBE |
447.0 |
8.11 |
436.9 |
7.13 |
| MAFETENG |
442.8 |
7.98 |
446.8 |
8.32 |
| MOHALE'S HOEK |
465.9 |
3.80 |
466.5 |
12.42 |
| MASERU |
443.2 |
11.25 |
442.7 |
7.97 |
| QACHA'S NEK |
462.5 |
5.83 |
460.7 |
10.38 |
| QUTING |
450.5 |
11.56 |
448.1 |
9.63 |
| THABA-TSEKA |
442.6 |
11.14 |
440.2 |
7.60 |
| LESOTHO |
451.2 |
2.93 |
447.2 |
3.24 |
| |
| SUB-GROUPS |
READING |
MATHEMATICS |
| |
MEAN |
SE |
MEAN |
SE |
| GENDER |
|
|
|
|
| BOYS |
446.7 |
3.15 |
445.7 |
3.55 |
| GIRLS |
454.8 |
3.19 |
448.3 |
3.44 |
| |
SOCIO-
ECONOMIC LEVEL |
|
|
|
|
| LOW SES |
449.2 |
2.98 |
448.6 |
3.83 |
| HIGH SES |
454.5 |
4.48 |
444.9 |
3.65 |
| |
| SCHOOL LOCATION |
|
|
|
|
| ISOLATED/RURAL |
441.3 |
3.33 |
436.8 |
2.95 |
| SMALL TOWN |
461.9 |
5.08 |
456.7 |
4.85 |
| LARGE CITY |
482.1 |
10.12 |
482.2 |
15.39 |
| LESOTHO |
451.2 |
2.93 |
447.2 |
3.24 |
SACMEQ III Reading and Math scores for Lesotho
|
|
Pupil Performance
|
|
Region
|
Reading
|
Mathematics
|
|
|
Mean
|
SE
|
Mean
|
SE
|
|
Berea
|
451.9
|
9.85
|
460.5
|
8.45
|
|
Butha-Buthe
|
445.6
|
10.17
|
473.7
|
11.50
|
|
Leribe
|
483.1
|
5.59
|
493.1
|
5.96
|
|
Mafeteng
|
456.7
|
6.20
|
471.2
|
6.78
|
|
Mokhotlong
|
457.0
|
7.62
|
462.5
|
7.80
|
|
Mohale Hoek
|
466.1
|
6.00
|
476.4
|
5.66
|
|
Maseru
|
485.2
|
7.28
|
488.3
|
5.72
|
|
Qacha Nek
|
464.3
|
6.48
|
471.1
|
7.62
|
|
Quting
|
466.0
|
10.38
|
476.3
|
6.68
|
|
Thaba-Tseka
|
464.5
|
8.84
|
459.5
|
8.65
|
|
LESOTHO
|
467.9
|
2.86
|
476.9
|
2.61
|
|
|
Reading
|
Mathematics
|
|
Sub-group
|
Mean
|
SE
|
Mean
|
SE
|
|
Pupil gender
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boys
|
463.5
|
3.36
|
477.1
|
3.02
|
|
Girls
|
471.5
|
2.95
|
476.8
|
2.80
|
|
School location
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rural
|
455.5
|
2.61
|
469.3
|
3.03
|
|
Urban
|
492.3
|
5.65
|
492.0
|
4.43
|
|
Socioeconomic level
|
|
|
|
|
|
Low SES (Bottom 25%)
|
448.5
|
2.56
|
460.2
|
3.31
|
|
High SES (Top 25%)
|
494.6
|
5.25
|
498.3
|
3.87
|
|
LESOTHO
|
467.9
|
2.86
|
476.9
|
2.61
|
