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Dr Sonia Ilie, its lead author, said: “In many lower-income countries, low socio-economic status is a continual barrier to young people’s attainment. ... It also suggests that factors such as a person’s gender interact with their socio-economic

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Children with good executive functions tend to have better test scores, better mental health and greater employment potential. ... Most psychometric research on executive functions, however, focuses on white, middle-income, or affluent families.

The report also shows that pre-primary education spending tends to be focused on lower-middle income countries rather than the very poorest nations. ... In 2021, just 15% of aid in this area went to countries classified as “low income”, while 52.7%

This could reduce their earning potential by 3% a year and consequently lower the overall economic growth rate. ... Shutting down schools has impacted all children but the worst effects will be felt by those from lower socio-economic groups.

Image: EdTech Hub. Image: EdTech Hub. An ‘astonishing’ deficit of data about how the global boom in educational technology could help pupils with disabilities in low and middle-income countries has ... It also suggests, however, that there have been

added scores of students on free school meals, and those of students with middle-ranking prior attainment. ... It also points to research conducted in 2016 in which Key Stage 3 pupils’ test scores improved dramatically after a portion of their regular

The project, Building a prevention pathway for early mental health problems, seeks to address a long-standing gap between academic projects that road-test potential interventions to promote positive mental health ... There is also a widely-recognised

Standardised test scores and teacher reports were used to measure academic attainment, and a survey of standard risk factors, taken when the children were very young, to establish socio-economic status. ... When the researchers factored in low

The intervening period coincided with when school-based learning was interrupted. The pupils took early numeracy tests at the start of each academic year. ... These issues need to be addressed now and not in the middle of the next emergency.”.