During the summer vacations in Mali, teachers took the opportunity to meet and discuss current events in the country. The biggest topic of discussion? A sudden policy change that resulted in many students failing the national exams…because they were no longer allowed to cheat.
0 to 98%: The Mystery of the DEF Scores Continues
Looking at this year's DEF results we see something we've seen in previous years -- an incredibly wide variation in pass rates among our schools. Two schools did incredibly well with 98% of their students passing; two schools did incredibly poorly with 0% of their students passing. Nine of our 19 middle schools beat the average national pass rate this year (70%), while 10 did not. Why this incredible variation in results?
