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Are Two Better than One? A Comparative Study of Achievement Gaps and Family Structure
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Hampden-Thompson, Gillian – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2009
Using data from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), the size of the literacy achievement gap between 15-year-old students from two-parent and those from single-mother households were compared across 18 industrialized nations. This study found that cross-national differences exist in the association between single motherhood…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Parent Participation, Family Structure, Comparative Analysis
Achievement Inequalities in Hamburg Schools: How Do They Change as Students Get Older?
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Caro, Daniel H.; Lehmann, Rainer – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2009
A handful of studies have found evidence of a gap in academic achievement between students of high- and low-socioeconomic status (SES) families. Furthermore, some scholars argue that the gap tends to widen as students get older. Evidence is, however, inconclusive and relies mostly on limited methodological designs. Drawing on the Hamburg School…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Achievement Gap, Socioeconomic Status, Mathematics Achievement
Characteristics of Equitable Systems of Education: A Cross-National Analysis
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Perry, Laura – European Education, 2009
This article examines equity in national systems of education in terms of differences in student outcomes, as measured by mathematics achievement scores on Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003. The author uses four measures for assessing equity in student outcomes: (1) the strength of the relationship between student…
Descriptors: Privatization, Equal Education, School Choice, Mathematics Achievement