CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Acknowledgment -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- 1. Introduction -- Data Sources and Methodology -- Organization of the Report -- 2. Background -- Socioeconomic Context -- Overview of Education in Uganda -- 3. Pupil Background Characteristics -- Parental Education -- Family Size -- Distance of School from Pupil's Home -- Regional Pupil Performance -- Number of Books at Home -- Pupil's Age -- Language Spoken at Home -- Overall Results for Background Characteristics -- 4. Availability of School Inputs and Pupil Performance -- Class size -- Textbooks -- Funding Per Pupil -- Time Spent on Subject -- Pupil-to-Desk Ratio -- Summary Results of Availability of Inputs -- 5. Teacher Characteristics -- Teacher Qualifications -- In-service Training -- Teacher's Age -- Teaching Experience -- Teacher Tenure -- Distance of Teacher's Residence from School -- Summary Results on Teacher Characteristics -- 6. Teaching Stategies and School Administration -- Teaching Strategies -- Tests -- Homework -- Classroom Organization -- Class Repetition -- School Administration -- Head Teacher Qualification -- Head Teacher's Experience -- Head Teacher Age -- Other Key Factors -- 7. Differential Effectiveness -- School Ownership -- Pupil Gender -- Teacher Gender -- Head Teacher Gender -- 8. Conclusions -- Implications for Current and Possible Future Policy in Uganda -- Future Research -- APPENDIXES -- A Regression Results -- B Specification of Models for Input Availability -- References -- LIST OF TABLES -- 1. Uganda Basic Data -- 2. English Test Scores by Parent's Level of Education -- 3. Mathematics Test Scores by Parent's Level of Education -- 4. Distance of School from Pupil's Home and Mean Scores -- 5. Mean Mathematics and English Test Scores by Location -- 6. Regression Coefficients for English and Mathematics by Location.

7. Number of Books at Home and Mathematics Test Scores -- 8. Number of Books at Home with English Test Scores -- 9. Class Size by School Ownership -- 10. Availability of Mathematics Textbooks by School Location -- 11. Funding per Pupil by School Location -- 12. Teacher Qualification by Location -- 13. Mean Test Scores and Teachers' Age Range -- 14. Teacher Experience by School Ownership -- 15. Teacher Experience by School Location -- 16. Teaching Experience, Mean English and Mathematics Scores, and Standard Deviation -- 17. Asking and Answering Questions by Pupils -- 18. Mean Scores and Repetition -- 19. Regression for Head Teacher Qualification and Pupil Test Scores -- 20. Head Teacher Experience by School Location -- 21. Head Teacher Experience by School Ownership -- 22. Mean Test Scores by School Ownership and Location -- 23. Mean Scores and Teacher and Head Teacher Gender -- LIST OF FIGURES -- 1. Proportion of Pupils by Age -- 2. Mean English Test Scores and Pupil Age -- 3. Mean Mathematics Test Scores and Pupil's Age -- 4. English Test Scores and Class Size -- 5. Mean English Scores and Class Size -- 6. Mathematics Test Scores and Class Size -- 7. Mean Mathematics Test Scores and Class Size -- 8. Funding per Pupil and Mathematics Test Scores -- 9. Funding per Pupil and English Test Scores -- 10. Pupils' English Test Scores and Teachers' Age -- 11. Mean English Test Scores and Teaching Experience -- 12. Mean Mathematics Test Scores and Teaching Experience.