The paper looks at secondary school attendance and grade retention after 8th grade in Hungary. It makes use of panel … per cent of the children are in school, three quarters on the continuous track in 12th grade. The corresponding figures … vocational training schools and evening schools; quite a few students switch between tracks; and drop-outs and evening school …

The paper looks at school segregation in Hungary by ethnicity (Roma versus non-Roma) and social disadvantage. We use … comprehensive data from the National Assessment of Basic Competences from 2006. School segregation is measured at various levesl: by … comprehensive nature. Comparsons to the racial and ethnic segregation of the U.S. school system reveals lower segregation on average …

of primary school children (grades 1 through 8) in 45 schools in Hungary. The goal of the program was to compensate for …