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Theory-based evaluation of the curriculum Lgr 11a

Wahlström, Ninni; Sundberg, Daniel - 2015

This report presents and describes an evaluation project of the most recent Swedish curriculum reform, Curriculum for the compulsory school, preschool class and the recreation centre, Lgr 11. The purpose of the evaluation project is to generate new knowledge concerning the influences of...

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Does making upper secondary school more comprehensive affect dropout rates, educational attainment and earnings? Evidence from a Swedish pilot scheme

Hall, Caroline - 2009

Since the mid-20th century many OECD countries have discarded their previous selective schools systems, in which students early on were separated between academic and vocational tracks, in favor of more comprehensive schools. The effects of these reforms have generally been difficult to evaluate...

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Graded children: Evidence of longrun consequences of school grades from a nationwide reform

Sjögren, Anna - 2010

' years of schooling, but has no significant average effect on boys. Analysis of effects by fam-ily background suggests that …

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Long-term effects of class size

Fredriksson, Peter; Öckert, Björn; Oosterbeek, Hessel - 2012

This paper evaluates the long-term effects of class size in primary school. We use rich administrative data from Sweden and exploit variation in class size created by a maximum class size rule. Smaller classes in the last three years of primary school (age 10 to 13) are not only beneficial for...

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Intergenerational educational mobility in Turkey

Tansel, Aysit - 2015

. The chances of attaining a university degree for the children increases as fathers' completed schooling level increases …

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Minority enrollments at public universities of diverse selectivity levels under different admission regimes: The case of Texas

Alfonso, Mariana; Calcagno, Juan Carlos - 2007

This study describes how minority enrollment probabilities respond to changes in admission policies from affirmative-action to merit-only programs and then to percentage plans when the demographic composition of the potential pool of applicants is also shifting. It takes advantage of admission...

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Who Matters Most? The Effect of Parent's Schooling on Children's Schooling

Gang, Ira N. - 1996

This paper examines the differential effects of mother's schooling and father's schooling on the acquisition of … schooling by their offspring. It does this in a 'cross-cultural' context by comparing results across three countries: Germany … found, generally, that father's schooling is more important than mother's, but this does vary by ethnic group. Mother …

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The knowledge lift: The Swedish adult education program that aimed to eliminate low worker skill levels

Albrecht, James; van den Berg, Gerard J; Vroman, Susan - 2004

The Swedish adult education program called Knowledge Lift is unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of all low-skilled workers towards the medium level. This paper evaluates the effects of program participation on individual labor market outcomes, notably employment...

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The distributional effects of direct college costs

Gemus, Jonathan - 2010

endogeneity of schooling costs. To overcome this issue, I use two measures of direct costs that are plausibly exogenous: living …

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How should we organize schooling to further children with migration background?

Schneeweis, Nicole - 2006

)integration is related to institutional characteristics of the schooling system. The study shows that early education, time in school …

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