ESSD: Fact Sheet 2: Analysis of Scores by Former Racially Based Departments

Fact Sheet 2

Analysis of performance of learners according to categories reflecting the former racially based department of education, indicates that learners in the African schools have the lowest scores, and learners in the former white schools have the highest scores.

Learners in the former white schools have a score just below the international mean. Learners in these schools also showed an increase in performance from the 1999 study. The number of learners from other racial groups attending the former white schools has increased since the previous study.

When it comes to the high international benchmarks, indicating top performance internationally, 2% of South African science learners and 1. 6% of maths learners obtained scores at this level. This is higher than other countries in the lower end of the scale.

ANALYSIS OF SCORES BY FORMER RACIALLY BASED DEPARTMENTS*

* Schools in the sample categorised according to the former racially based Departments of Education and the average scores were generated for learners who attend those schools.

International results TIMSS 2003

South African component of TIMSS 2003

• Opening Remarks / Dr Anil Kanjee  (also available in pdf format ... )
• Media Release
  
• Fact Sheet 1: Maths and Science Scaled Scores by Province (also available in pdf format ... )
• Fact Sheet 2: Analysis of Scores by Former Racially Based Departments (also available in pdf format ... )
• Fact Sheet 3: Comparing South African Performance TIMSS 1999 to TIMSS 2003 (also available in pdf format ... )
• Fact Sheet 4: Performance by Language of Test (also available in pdf format ... )