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The Effects of No Child Left Behind on Student Performance in Alabama’s Rural Schools

KINNUCAN, Henry W.; SMITH, Martin D.; ZHENG, Yuqing; … - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 12 (2012) 1, pp. 5-24

County level data for the period 1999-2007 are used to assess the effects of NCLB on student performance in Alabama’s rural schools. Results suggest revisions to the state’s accountability system associated with the Act had a positive effect on 8th grade test scores for language, and for...

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The Cultural Capital of Immigrant Families and The Impact on Student Performance: Evidence from Germany

Botezat, A - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 11 (2011) 2

and the educational achievement. Using PISA data 2003 for Germany we examine the validity of cultural reproduction and …

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Do teachers make better parents? The differential performance of teachers’ children at school.

Denny, K. - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 11 (2011) 3

the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) for Great Britain and Ireland from 2000. Examining whether …

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Using the Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition Technique to Analyze Learning Outcomes Changes over Time: An Application to Indonesia’s Results in PISA Mathematics

Barrera-Osorio, F.; García-Moreno, V.; Patrinos, H.; … - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 11 (2011) 3

Indonesia’s score in PISA mathematics. Between 2003 and 2006, Indonesia’s score increased by 30 points, or 0.3 of a standard …

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How are inequality of opportunity and mean student performance related? A quantile regression approach using PISA data

Hermann, Z.; Horn, D. - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 11 (2011) 3

distribution within each country in PISA 2000-2009. In the second step, we analyse the association between these estimates and the …

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UNA VALORACION DEL GRADO DE SEGREGACIÓN SOCIOECONÓMICA EXISTENTE EN EL SISTEMA EDUCATIVO ESPAÑOL. UN ANALISIS POR COMUNIDADES AUTONÓMAS A PARTIR DE PISA 2006

TORRUBIA, MANCEBÓN; Jesús, María; PÉREZ … - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 10 (2010) 3

se hace uso de los datos suministrados por la tercera evaluación del proyecto PISA llevado a cabo por la OCDE. Se estudia … representativa en PISA 2006. Los alumnos más selectos se concentran mayoritariamente en los centros privados, si bien su reparto … from PISA 2006 have been exploited. We identify three different sectors according to ownership and public/private funding …

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GÉNERO E INEQUIDAD EDUCATIVA: UN ANÁLISIS PARA EL NIVEL MEDIO EN ARGENTINA

FORMICHELLA, María Marta; IBAÑEZ MARTÍN, María - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 14 (2014) 1

y ciencias. Para ello, se utilizan datos del estudio PISA 2009 y se emplea un modelo multinivel multivariado. Los … better in math and science. For that objetive, multivariate multilevel model is estimated using data from the PISA 2009 …

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