English Language Literacy Skills and Academic Achievement of Urban and Rural Secondary Schools: The Case of High and Low Achievers

Table 3

High and low achievers’ reading skill test scores.

	Achievement group	School category	N	Mean	SD	-value	Effect size (for )
1	Low achievers	Urban secondary schools	27	6.88	1.73	0.29	Not significant
		Rural secondary schools	48	7.39	2.12
2	High achievers	Urban secondary schools	36	11.36	2.97	0.006	0.62
		Rural secondary schools	47	9.59	2.68