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Territorial Differences in Italian Students’ Mathematical Competencies: Evidence from PISA 2003
Bratti, Massimiliano; Checchi, Daniele; Filippin, Antonio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
In this paper we investigate the existence and the size of territorial differences in Italian students’ mathematical … Assessment (PISA) with territorial data collected from several statistical sources and with administrative school data collected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700899
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Cross-National Surveys of Learning Achievement: How Robust are the Findings?
Brown, Giorgina; Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke V.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
of the robustness of their results. First, we compare results from four surveys: TIMSS, PISA, PIRLS and IALS. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762290
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Is There an Educational Penalty for Being Suspended from School?
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Kassenboehmer, Sonja C.; Le, Trinh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Suspension from school is a commonly-used, yet controversial, school disciplinary measure. This paper uses unique survey data to estimate the impact of suspension on the educational outcomes of those suspended. It finds that while suspension is strongly associated with educational outcomes, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011156462
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"High"-School: The Relationship between Early Marijuana Use and Educational Outcomes
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Kassenboehmer, Sonja C.; Le, Trinh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We use unique survey data linked to nearly a decade of administrative welfare data to examine the relationship between early marijuana use (at age 14 or younger) and young people's educational outcomes. We find evidence that early marijuana use is related to educational penalties that are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011156470
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School Progression and the Grade Distribution of Students: Evidence from the Current Population Survey
Cascio, Elizabeth U. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Education researchers have long made inferences about grade retention from the grade distribution of same-aged students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822729
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"I wish I knew ..." - Misperceived Ability, School Track Counseling Services and Performances in Upper Secondary Education
Bernardi, Martino; Bratti, Massimiliano; De Simone, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
outcomes both in education and on the labour market. Yet few studies explicitly investigate whether students (and their parents … Northern Italy (Turin). Virtually all students in the final year of lower secondary education participate into the program and … information on students' pre-test enrollment intentions, their final track choices and their performances in the upper secondary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010743489
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The Effects of Test-based Retention on Student Outcomes over Time: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Florida
Schwerdt, Guido; West, Martin R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
A growing number of American states require that students who do not demonstrate basic reading proficiency at the end …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764600
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Chancengleichheit und lebenslanges Lernen: Zur Zukunft der Bildung in Deutschland
Ritzen, Jo; Hinte, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Das deutsche Bildungssystem steht ungeachtet diverser Reformanstrengungen in der jüngeren Vergangenheit weiter vor großen Herausforderungen: Im internationalen Vergleich fehlt es an sozialer Chancengleichheit im Verlauf der Bildungskarrieren, und für eine "Bildungsnation" nehmen sich die...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884068
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Decomposition of Differences in PISA Results in Middle Income Countries
Nieto, Sandra; Ramos, Raul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Our objective is to analyse the role of teacher and school quality to explain differences in students' educational … outcomes. With this aim, we use PISA microdata for 10 middle income and 2 high income countries and we apply decomposition … methods in order to identify the role of these factors for different groups of students. Our results show that school and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884354
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Student Scores in Public and Private Schools: Evidence from PISA 2009
Mahuteau, Stéphane; Mavromaras, Kostas G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
education than public schooling. We apply multilevel regression on the 2009 PISA to estimate the differential effect of public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959841