The Quality of Health and Education Systems Across Africa

Appendix D: Methodological groundwork for the SDI teacher and student assessments The Service Delivery Indicators (SDI) teacher and student assessments are based on a study commissioned by the SDI program and completed in 2010 by Andrew Cunningham, David Johnson, and Rachel Dowling (Cunningham, Johnson, and Dowling 2012). Their study reviewed, analyzed, and summarized the national third- and fourth-grade curricula of 12 countries in order to identify common themes (for example, problem solving, long division): Botswana, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, the Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. The study focused on Africa,

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The Quality of Health and Education Systems Across Africa

Published on Dec 14, 2021

World Bank Publications

Have teachers mastered the subject matter they are teaching? Can doctors accurately diagnose and treat critical health conditions? Are schools and health facilities sufficiently stocked with needed equipment and supplies? Are they sufficiently supported and staffed to optimize learning and health care outcomes? For the past decade, the World Bank’s Service Delivery Indicators (SDI) surveys have collected nationally representative data in countries across Sub-Saharan Africa to answer these questions. The surveys aim to measure the quality of services where they meet citizens: in schools and health facilities. The Quality of Health and Education Systems Across Africa: Evidence from a Decade of Service Delivery Services Indicators identifies areas of achievement and constraint in service delivery, shedding light on how service delivery may foster or stunt human capital accumulation. SDI surveys show that schools and health clinics across Africa are still falling short in some critical areas.The delivery of pri

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The Quality of Health and Education Systems Across Africa

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Appendix D: Methodological groundwork for the SDI teacher and student assessments

C.1 Example of a typical SDI education survey instrument

Appendix C: Survey methodology

B.1 Typical sampling strategy process for SDI surveys

Appendix B: Sampling procedures

A.6 Definition of a correct treatment

A.3 Definition and calculation of health indicators

A.4 Definition of education indicators

SDI surveys: Turning measurement into momentum for reform

Rethinking service delivery

Results in action: How SDI surveys inform program operations

References

A wider perspective: Measurement as a public good for research

Notes

Improving comparability of SDI surveys over time

Understanding interactions with family background

Addressing determinants of provider performance

Adapting SDI surveys to different country contexts

References

concern during COVID-19

Are basic requirements for learning in place?

location

Notes

High- and low-performing schools: How can countries narrow the gaps?

low-performing groups of students in nine African countries

3.1 How does language of instruction affect test scores?

Sample, methods, and framework

SDI education surveys: Seeing basic education from the students’ perspective

Background: Reimagining what education can achieve

References

Conclusions: What will it take to improve service delivery in health?

African countries, by country and type of equipment

Notes

medicines in six African countries, by country and type of facility

infrastructure

Will health care providers be present in the health facility?

Will health care providers be ready to provide quality care?

Sample, methods, and framework

Will the necessary infrastructure, equipment, supplies, and medicines be available?

Structure of this chapter

location

SDI health surveys: A finger on the pulse of primary health care

by country and health facility ownership

1.1 What do Service Delivery Indicators surveys measure?

COVID-19: Challenging the resilience of health and education systems

Human capital at the core of development

References

Aims and structure of the book

Data to drive change

Background: An opportunity to transform primary health care

Learning from the Service Delivery Indicators surveys