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Yang, Yang; Gustafsson, Jan-Eric – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2004
This study investigated the multilevel dimensionality of socioeconomic status and its relationship to reading achievement in 23 countries. Different factor structures of SES were found at different levels observations and in different countries. The study showed that the cultural dimension strongly related to student reading performance, while the…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Social Characteristics, Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries
Contra Costa Community Coll. District, Martinez, CA. Office of District Research. – 2001
This document addresses the 2000 institutional effectiveness report for Contra Costa Community College District. The document discusses the following ten indicators which are directly aligned with Partnership for Excellence (PFE) 2005-2006 Goals: (1) Student Goal Attainment; (2) Course Success/ Persistence/ Retention Rates; (3) Certificate/ Degree…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Efficiency, Institutional Characteristics, Institutional Evaluation
Morrisson, Christian; Murtin, Fabrice – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2009
Global economic transformations have never been as dramatic as in the twentieth century. Most countries have experienced radical changes in the standards of income per capita, technology, fertility, mortality, income inequality and the extent of democracy in the course of the past century. It is the goal of many disciplines--economics, history,…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Attainment, Demography, Global Approach