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How are inequality of opportunity and mean student performance related? A quantile regression approach using PISA data
Hermann, Z.; Horn, D. - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 11 (2011) 3
distribution within each country in PISA 2000-2009. In the second step, we analyse the association between these estimates and the …
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How inequality of opportunity and mean student performance are related? - A quantile regression approach using PISA data
Hermann, Zoltán; Horn, Dániel - 2011
distribution within each country in PISA 2000-2009. In the second step, we analyse the association between these estimates and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494492
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The public–private test score gap in Brazil
Oliveira, Pedro Rodrigues de; Belluzzo, Walter; … - In: Economics of Education Review 35 (2013) C, pp. 120-133
This paper presents a counterfactual decomposition of the public–private gap on test scores obtained by 8th graders in Brazil. Quantile regression methods are used to obtain a characterization of the conditional distribution of scores, which is then used to build counterfactuals. The results...
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Equality of opportunity with categorical data
Herrero, Carmen; Villar, Antonio - In: Lecturas de Economía (2014) 81, pp. 9-30
different categories. An empirical illustration on the equality of opportunity in education is provided, using the PISA 2012 …
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Academic achievement in sciences: the role of preferences and educative assets
Gamboa, Luis Fernando; Rodríguez-Acosta, Mauricio; … - UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO - 2010
achievement in sciences acrosscountries. By using the Programme for International Student Assessment 2006 (PISA2006) test we find …
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Is Brazilian Education Improving? A Comparative Foray Using Pisa And Saeb Brazil Test Scores
Carnoy, Martin; Khavenson, Tatiana; Costa, Leandro; … - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014
We use a national Brazilian test (SAEB) and an international test (PISA) to measure whether Brazilian students 13 …. We find that Brazilian students have made test score gains during this period on the PISA, but much less so on the SAEB …. Gains on the PISA test for advantaged Brazilian students are smaller than among disadvantaged students. This is also the …
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Why are migrant students better off in certain types of educational systems or schools than in others?
Dronkers, Jaap; van der Velden, Rolf; Dunne, Allison - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
education systems. We use data from the 2006 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) wave. Compared with previous …
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School tracking, social segregation and educational opportunity: evidence from Belgium
HINDRIKS, J.; VERSCHELDE, M.; RAYP, G.; SCHOORS, K. - Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde, Universiteit Gent - 2010
in the international harmonized PISA tests in math, science and reading; whereas it produces some of the most unequal … distributions of learning between schools and students. Combining evidence from the PISA 2006 data set at the student and school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008829998
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School tracking, social segregation and educational opportunity: evidence from Belgium
HINDRIKS, Jean; VERSCHELDE, Marijn; RAYP, Glenn; … - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2010
in the international harmonized PISA tests in math, science and reading; whereas it produces some of the most unequal … distributions of learning between schools and students. Combining evidence from the PISA 2006 data set at the student and school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008836140
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The effects of individual characteristics on the distribution of college performance
Walter Sosa Escudero:; Giovagnoli, Paula Inés; Porto, … - In: Económica LV (2009) January-December, pp. 99-130
Interactions between observed and unobserved determinants of educational success imply that the former have a heterogeneous effect on performance. To quantify these interactions, a quantile regression model is estimated using a database of students at public universities in Argentina. The...
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