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Education in the U.S. and the Netherlands: An Equity Comparison and a Few Big Questions
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Owings, William A.; Kaplan, Leslie S.; Volman, Monique – Journal of Education Finance, 2015
Using an equity perspective, this article compares the education systems of the United States and the Netherlands. Existing data examining student demographics, the organizational structures, curricula, funding, and student outcomes are examined. The Netherlands appears to be getting a "bigger bang for their buck." We make the case that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Equal Education, Educational Practices
The Effects of Age-Based and Grade-Based Sampling on the Relative Standing of Countries in International Comparative Studies of Student Achievement.
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O'Leary, Michael – 2000
The investigation reported in this paper was prompted by discrepancies between the published outcomes from two international tests of science achievement: (1) the Second International Assessment of Educational Progress (IAEP2), administered in 1991; and (2) the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), administered in 1995. One…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adolescents, Age Differences