Schooling progress, learning reversal: Indonesia’s learning profiles between 2000 and 2014

Amanda Beatty, Emilie Berkhout, Luhur Bima, Menno Pradhan and Daniel Suryadarma

International Journal of Educational Development, 2021, vol. 85, issue C

Abstract: We examine the relationship between schooling completed and mathematics learning from 2000 to 2014 by developing learning profiles for Indonesia. Using nearly-nationally representative survey data, we find a large gap between students’ ability and standards set by the national curriculum. Learning declined over 14 years, a loss of a fourth of a standard deviation. To put this loss in context, the average child in grade 7 in 2014 achieved the same numeracy mastery as the average child in grade 4 in 2000. The reduction in learning was widespread, affecting all subgroups. Junior and senior secondary enrollment increased over this timeframe, but this decline was not due to changes in student composition.

Keywords: International education; Development; Educational policy; Curriculum; Learning profiles; Indonesia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102436

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