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The evolution of cognitive skills inequalities by socioeconomic status across Canada
Haeck, Catherine; Lefebvre, Pierre - 2020
In this article, we document the evolution of the cognitive skills gap across Canada. We use PISA tests scores over 7 … PISA scores, in reading, maths and science, are large but unwavering. In other words inequality by SES is stable, and …
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Inequalities in education across Canada : lessons for the pandemic
Haeck, Catherine; Lefebvre, Pierre - 2020
cognitive skills. In this article, we document the evolution of the cognitive skills gap across Canada using PISA data. We use … PISA tests scores over 7 cycles, from 2000 to 2018, to provide an exhaustive portrait of the evolution of the tests scores … differences in PISA scores, in reading, maths and science, are large but unwavering. In other words inequality by SES is stable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219488
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Why subsidize independent schools? : estimating the effect of a unique Canadian schooling model on educational attainment
Lefebvre, Pierre; Merrigan, Philip - 2021
Canada is recognized as one of the top 10 countries in secondary education according to PISA results. A particularly … students also perform extremely well in PISA testing. This paper uses the year Canadian 2000 PISA cohort of 15-year-olds to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012501142
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Les inégalités provinciales aux tests internationaux-nationaux de littéracie : Québec, Ontario et autres provinces canadiennes 2000-2018
Lefebvre, Pierre; Merrigan, Philip - 2020 - Version révisée
This paper presents standardised test scores results in literacy from 19 provincial and international surveys in education conducted over years 2000 to 2018. The analysis draws on students in provinces, mainly Québec and Ontario, at three stages of education, grade 4 in primary school, grade 8...
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Do College-Bound High School Students Need an Extra Year? Evidence from Ontario's 'Double Cohort'
Morin, Louis-Philippe - 2021
The Local Average Treatment Effect (LATE) interpretation of the IV estimates of the returns to schooling is becoming increasingly popular. Typically, researchers reporting LATE estimates do not provide systematic evidence that there is substantial heterogeneity across different ability levels in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316783
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Long term educational attainment of private high school students in Québec : estimates of treatment effects from longitudinal data
Lapierre, David; Lefebvre, Pierre; Merrigan, Philip - 2017 - Revised version
Canada?s Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) to estimate the average treatment on the treated effect of private school on the … professional degree program. The econometric estimation of treatment effects is based on a particular entropy balancing algorithm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012152879
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Expanding School Choice Through Open Enrolment : Lessons from British Columbia
Friesen, Jane; Harris, Benjamin; Woodcock, Simon D. - 2015
Is expanding the scope for parents to choose among competing schools an effective policy lever for improving the quality of education? What lessons can we take from British Columbia’s experience with greater school choice? In 2002, British Columbia implemented a new policy that makes it easier...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014138067
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Learning from community-university research partnerships: A Canadian study on community impact and conditions for success
Tremblay, Crystal; Hall, Budd L. - In: International Journal of Action Research 10 (2014) 3, pp. 376-404
-University Research Partnerships (CURP) across Canada. It is based on a series of in-depth interviews conducted with community and … university partners funded by Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. The research partnerships represented … documents supplemented by interviews with select award holders across Canada representing the various nationally funded …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095638
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Are We Making Progress? New Evidence on Aboriginal Education Outcomes in Provincial and Reserve Schools
Richards, John - 2014
-reserve schools across Canada, their overall report card is “inadequate, need to make major improvements.” National averages hide … provincial variations. The six provinces from Quebec to British Columbia are home to almost 90 percent of Canada’s Aboriginal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014146029
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Red Flags for Educators : Lessons for Canada in the PISA Results
Richards, John - 2017
strategic priorities for education policy. Canada's overall PISA score has consistently ranked well above the OECD average on …The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) has deservedly become the benchmark for comparing national K-12 … school systems. Since 2000, the OECD has, at three year intervals, organized PISA “rounds” to assess school system …
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