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The effect heterogeneity of central examinations: evidence from TIMSS, TIMSS-Repeat and PISA
Wossmann, Ludger - In: Education Economics 13 (2005) 2, pp. 143-169
This paper uses extensive student-level micro databases of three international student achievement tests to estimate heterogeneity in the effect of external exit examinations on student performance along three dimensions. First, quantile regressions show that the effect tends to increase with...
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Public Sector Decentralization and School Performance: International Evidence
Falch, Torberg; Fischer, Justina A. V. - Institut für Außenhandel und Wirtschaftsintegration, … - 2010
Using a panel of international student test scores 1980 – 2000 (PISA and TIMSS), panel fixed effects estimates suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008626052
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Public sector decentralization and school performance. International evidence
Falch, Torberg; Fischer, Justina AV - Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut an der Universität Konstanz - 2008
Using a panel of international student test scores, 1980 – 2000, panel fixed effects estimates suggest that government spending decentralization is conducive to student performance. The effect does not appear to be mediated through levels of, or decentralization in, educational spending.
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Does a generous welfare state crowd out student effort? Panel data evidence from international student tests
Fischer, Justina; Falch, Torberg - Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut an der Universität Konstanz - 2008
Student achievement has been identified as an important contributor to economic growth. This paper investigates the hypothesis that redistributive government activities have a negative effect on investment in human capital using data from international comparative student achievement tests in...
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Public sector decentralization and school performance: International evidence
Falch, Torberg; Fischer, Justina AV - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Using a panel of international student test scores 1980 – 2000 (PISA and TIMSS), panel fixed effects estimates suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008623470
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THE LONG-LASTING EFFECTS OF SCHOOL ENTRY AGE: EVIDENCE FROM ITALIAN STUDENTS
Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Statistiche e … - 2011
Using data for 9, 13 and 15-year-old students from three different datasets (PIRLS-2006, TIMSS-2007 and PISA-2009), we …
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European education production functions: what makes a difference for student achievement in Europe?
Wößmann, Ludger - Directorate-General Economic and Financial Affairs, … - 2003
This paper estimates the effects of family background, resources, and institutions on student performance in 17 Western European school systems. Family background has a strong effect in Europe, remarkably similar in size to the United States. France and Flemish Belgium achieve the most equitable...
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What Does Subject Knowledge Give for Its Applying in New Context. The First Results from Studies TIMSS-2011 and PISA‑2012
Tyumeneva, Yulia; Valdman, Alena; Carnoy, Martin - In: Educational Studies (2014) 1, pp. 8-24
Russian databases of international studies TIMSS and PISA. The sample included 4241 Russian students. They participated in … both studies TIMSS-2011 and PISA-2012. Based on the previous literature and content comparison of TIMSS-PISA math items we … argue that TIMSS items can represent formal subject knowledge, while PISA items represent real-life context problems. We …
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The Students Who Come to the University are Weak in Mathematics, Why and Where is the Problem?
Syam, Mahmoud; Chabi, Mohamed; Al Wadi, Muneer - International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences - 2014
8 and first year University students and the end of secondary stage. These international tests are TIMSS for grades 4 … and 8, PISA for grade 10, and ACT and ACCUPLACER for first year University students. It is found that the problem starts …
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Inequality of learning amongst immigrant children in industrialised countries
Schnepf, Sylke Viola - Hamburgisches WeltWirtschaftsInstitut (HWWI) - 2008
Literature examining immigrants' educational disadvantage across countries focuses generally on average differences in educational outcomes between immigrants and natives disguising thereby that immigrants are a highly heterogeneous group. The aim of this paper is to examine educational...
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