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Early Tracking and Different Types of Inequalities in Achievement: Difference-in-Differences Evidence from 20 Years of Large-Scale Assessments
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Strello, Andrés; Strietholt, Rolf; Steinmann, Isa; Siepmann, Charlotte – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2021
Research to date on the effects of between-school tracking on inequalities in achievement and on performance has been inconclusive. A possible explanation is that different studies used different data, focused on different domains, and employed different measures of inequality. To address this issue, we used all accumulated data collected in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ability Grouping, Equal Education, Outcome Measures
Systemic Obstacles to Lifelong Learning: The Influence of the Educational System Design on Learning Attitudes
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Lavrijsen, Jeroen; Nicaise, Ides – Studies in Continuing Education, 2017
Comparative research has often emphasized the importance of external barriers (e.g. enrolment costs) to explain inequalities in lifelong learning participation. However, individuals, in particular the low educated, are often not only prevented from participation by external barriers, but also by negative psychological dispositions about learning.…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Barriers, Educational Attitudes, Differences
The 2013 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well Are American Students Learning? With Sections on the Latest International Tests, Tracking and Ability Grouping, and Advanced Math in 8th Grade. Volume 3, Number 2
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Loveless, Tom – Brookings Institution, 2013
This is the twelfth edition of the Brown Center Report. Part I examines the latest data from state, national, or international assessments. This year the focus is on the latest results from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) and Trends in International Math and Science Study (TIMSS) released in December, 2012. Part I also…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Ability Grouping, Grade 8, Advanced Courses