?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Understanding+Achievement+in+Numeracy+Among+Primary+School+Children+in+Ethiopia%3A+Evidence+from+RISE+Ethiopia+Study&rft.creator=Rolleston%2C+C&rft.creator=Hoddinott%2C+J&rft.creator=Dawit%2C+T&rft.creator=Sabates%2C+R&rft.creator=Woldehanna%2C+T&rft.description=Ethiopia+has+succeeded+in+rapidly+expanding+access+to+primary+education+over+the+past+two+decades.+However%2C+learning+outcomes+remain+low+among+primary+school+children+and+particularly+among+girls+and+children+from+disadvantaged+backgrounds.+Starting+with+a+systematic+review+of+quantitative+studies+on+the+determinants+of+learning+outcomes+among+primary+school+children+in+Ethiopia%2C+this+study+then+examined+key+determinants+of+students%E2%80%99+numeracy+achievement+over+the+2018-19+school+year.+The+study+focused+on+Grade+4+children+(N%3D+3%2C353)+who+are+part+of+an+on-going+longitudinal+study.+The+two+questions+that+guided+this+study+are%3A+what+are+the+key+determinants+of+numeracy+achievement+at+Grade+4+in+primary+schools+in+Ethiopia%2C+and+how+does+our+current+empirical+study+contribute+to+understanding+achievement+differences+in+numeracy+among+primary+school+children+in+Ethiopia%3F+We+employed+descriptive+and+inferential+statistics+to+examine+factors+that+determine+differences+in+numeracy+scores+at+the+start+and+end+of+the+school+year%2C+as+well+as+determinants+of+numeracy+scores+at+the+end+of+the+school+year+conditional+on+achievement+at+the+start+of+the+school+year.+We+examined+differences+across+gender%2C+region%2C+and+rural-urban+localities.+We+also+used+ordinary+least+squares+and+school+%E2%80%98fixed+effects%E2%80%99+approaches+to+estimate+the+key+child%2C+household+and+school+characteristics+that+determine+numeracy+scores+in+Grade+4.+The+findings+revealed+that+boys+significantly+outperformed+girls+in+numeracy+both+at+the+start+and+end+of+the+2018%2F19+school+year%2C+but+the+progress+in+numeracy+scores+over+the+school+year+by+boys+was+similar+to+that+of+girls&rft.subject=Ethiopia%2C+Education&rft.publisher=Research+on+Improving+Systems+of+Education+(RISE)&rft.date=2021-05&rft.type=Working+%2F+discussion+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(RISE+Working+Paper+Series++21%2F071).+Research+on+Improving+Systems+of+Education+(RISE)%3A+Oxford%2C+UK.+(2021)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10137558%2F1%2FUnderstanding_Achievement_Numeracy_Among_Primary_School_Children_Ethiopia.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10137558%2F&rft.rights=open