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Cognitive Achievement of Children of Immigrants: Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study and the 1970 British Cohort Study
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Hoffmann, Nathan I. – British Educational Research Journal, 2018
Although numerous studies have described the educational attainment of ethnic minorities in the UK, few have focused specifically on children born in the UK to two immigrant parents. First, using ordinary least squares (OLS) estimation, this article examines the cognitive assessment scores of children of immigrants in the 1970 British Cohort Study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Minority Groups, Educational Attainment
Measuring Learning Quality in Ethiopia, India and Vietnam: From Primary to Secondary School Effectiveness
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Iyer, Padmini; Moore, Rhiannon – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2017
This paper examines the way in which learning quality has been conceptualised and measured in school effectiveness surveys conducted by Young Lives, a longitudinal study of child poverty. Primary school surveys were conducted in Vietnam in 2010-11 and Ethiopia in 2012-13, and surveys at upper-primary and secondary level were conducted in Ethiopia,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Effectiveness, Surveys, Longitudinal Studies
Film Depicts China, India Besting U.S. in Schooling
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Trotter, Andrew – Education Week, 2008
U.S. students spend too little time and effort on academics in high school, compared with harder-working young people in China and India, according to a new documentary being shown to "thought leaders" in states holding presidential primaries this winter. The documentary, conceived and financed by high-tech entrepreneur Robert A.…
Descriptors: High Schools, High School Seniors, Cultural Differences, Time Factors (Learning)