School effectiveness and improvement: value-added by extra-county schools to students’ entry marks upon exit

Abstract

Globally, school examination results are arguably the most important measure of perceived success or failure of a candidate. It was previously pointed out by the Nyanza Provincial Education Board that the province’s performance in examinations and the quality of education in general was unsatisfactory and inadequate. This paper sought to determine the added-value to students’ entry marks upon exit. Cross-sectional survey design was used. Purposive sampling was used to identify the four schools under study and form three students. The respondents were selected using simple random sampling. The sample size comprised of 197 respondents (49 teachers & 148 students) Data was analyzed using quantitative statistical techniques that included percentages and means, and qualitative methods. The study found out that all the four schools under study had achieved a negative index value addition. The study recommends that the Ministry of Education should shift its focus from the raw school or individual student’s mean score to the value added on the students score from entry to exit.