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Inequality and students' PISA 2018 performance : a cross-country study
Mazurek, Jiri; Fernández, Carlos; Pérez Rico, Cristina - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 24 (2021) 3, pp. 163-183
indices related to socio-economic inequality, such as the Gini index, human development index, or gender inequality index … insignificant, indicating income inequality had little effect on students’ PISA performance. On the other hand, the gender … capital and competitiveness, and focus on decreasing gender disparity and the associated loss of achievement due to gender …
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Cross-national surveys of learning achievement : how robust are the findings?
Brown, Giorgina; Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke V.; … - 2005
International surveys of learning achievement and functional literacy are increasingly common. We consider two aspects of the robustness of their results. First, we compare results from four surveys: TIMSS, PISA, PIRLS and IALS. This contrasts with the standard approach which is to analyse a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003011506
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Educational policies and the gender gap in test scores : a cross-country analysis
Hermann, Zoltán; Kopasz, Marianna - 2018
a difference-in-differences estimation method, it was found that early tracking has a direct effect on the gender gap in … gender gap varies to a great extent between countries. While the existing literature explains these differences as being … like tracking, grade retention, and individualised teaching practices. The gender test score gap is analysed in math …
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Selection on performance and tracking
Korthals, Roxanne; Dronkers, Jacob - In: Applied economics 48 (2016) 28/30, pp. 2836-2851
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The impact of teacher skills on student performance across countries
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - 2014 - Preliminary version
Student performance differs greatly across countries, but little is known about the role of teacher quality in explaining these differences. New international data from the PIAAC survey of adult skills allow for the first time to quantify teacher skills in numeracy and literacy, providing...
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The importance of school systems : evidence from international differences in student achievement
Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
Students in some countries do far better on international achievement tests than students in other countries. Is this all due to differences in what students bring with them to school - socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the like? Or do school systems make a difference? This essay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011489307
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The value of smarter teachers : international evidence on teacher cognitive skills and student performance
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - 2014
determinant of international differences in student performance. Results are supported by fixed-effects estimation that uses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010439058
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The importance of school systems : evidence from international differences in student achievement
Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
Students in some countries do far better on international achievement tests than students in other countries. Is this all due to differences in what students bring with them to school – socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the like? Or do school systems make a difference? This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011493943
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The value of smarter teachers : international evidence on teacher cognitive skills and student performance
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010461991
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The value of smarter teachers : international evidence on teacher cognitive skills and student performance
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - 2014
determinant of international differences in student performance. Results are supported by fixed-effects estimation that uses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462634