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Table 7 - Average Test Scores of Students in Three Subjects by Per Capita Income Levels

Table 7 from:  Chapter 3 of Globalisation Of Education Policies:  Extent Of External Influences On Contemporary Universal Primary Education Policies In Papua New Guinea - by:  © Thomas Webster - University of Papua New Guinea Press, July 2000.  1SBN:  9980-084-094-3

Table 7 - Average Test Scores of Students in Three Subjects by Per Capita Income Levels

Economy

Reading Comprehension

Arithmetic

General Science

General Science

(Grade 6,
1970)

(Grade 8,
1980-82)

(Grade 6,
1970)

(Grade 4-6,
1983)

High Income

70

52

55

57

Upper Middle Income

55

54

43

53

Low and Lower Middle Incomes

49

39

40

36

Source:  Adapted from Lockheed and Verspoor (1991:13).

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