income for example), many of the pathways through which these outcomes are transmitted are not as well understood. We address … and unique dataset of university students. While large socio-economic differences in academic performance exist at the … differences across socio-economic backgrounds in university grade attainment for female students is explained by intermediating …

This paper investigates whether teenagers are educationally advantaged if their parents are educators, using PISA data … for Great Britain and Ireland. It examines whether teachers’ children do better at tests of reading ability. The results … show that children whose fathers teach at third level or whose mothers teach at second level do better and these effects …

one or more cohorts of students take three or more tests in the subject of interest (e.g., state assessments in three …

the total test measurement error that can be applied when one or more cohorts of students take three or more tests in the …