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Jibril Ali; Hassan Alsakhe; Ibrahim Ibrahim; Nabil Khattab; Muznah Madeeha; Mustafa Shouia – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2024
The study draws on the theory of 'migrant optimism' and anticipated discrimination to examine whether a gap in educational expectations and achievement exists between immigrant and native students in Qatar and explores whether the impact of educational expectations on educational achievement is contingent upon the migratory status of students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Data Analysis, Achievement Tests, International Assessment
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Mau, Steffen – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2020
The process of quantification is a powerful development shaping many domains of life today. In the area of education, for example, performance measurement, testing and ranking have become common tools of governance. Quantification is not a neutral way of describing society, but a process of valorisation. It has three sociologically relevant…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Social Influences, Research Methodology, Evaluation Methods
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Lewis, Steven – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2020
This paper examines the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) PISA for Schools, a local variant of the more-renowned 'main PISA' test that measures and compares individual school performance on reading, mathematics and science against international schooling systems. Here, I address the governance implications of how PISA…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Secondary School Students