New evidence confirms the conclusion of former surveys that the link between school resources and student performance is generally missing in educational production. While the conventional within-country cross-section evidence remains controversial, recent contributions which control for...

In Germany, researchers dealing with questions of empirical educational research rely mainly on cross-sectional data. In addition, there are region- and group-specific longitudinal studies. This paper demonstrates the possibilities for using educationally relevant information from long-running...

New evidence confirms the conclusion of former surveys that the link between school resources and student performance is generally missing in educational production. While the conventional within-country cross-section evidence remains controversial, recent contributions which control for...

Ziele dieser Studie sind zum einen die Bereitstellung eines vergleichenden Überblicks über Entwicklung, Zielsetzungen und Organisationnationaler Lernstandserhebungen in den Ländern des Eurydice-Netzes und zum anderen das Verständnis der Verwendung der Ergebnisse nationaler...

Der Beitrag betrachtet die Auswirkungen internationaler Migration auf das schulische Bildungssystem in Deutschland. Ausgehend von den unterschiedlichen Bildungserträgen der Schüler(innen) mit und ohne Migrationshintergrund wird der Frage nachgegangen, wie diese Unterschiede zustande kommen und...

Education and Politics in Namibia unravels the past trends and future prospects of the education system in Namibia, from the colonial era to the present. This work looks into ways in which education contributed to the reproduction of the colonial order. It makes apparent the contradictions...