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Boman, Björn – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2022
The current article examined educational achievement at lower-secondary level in Sweden (Grade 9), using grades and national test results (NTR) as the dependent variables. Linear regressions and bivariate correlations indicated that the proportion of highly-educated individuals in each municipality was positively associated with grades and NTR and…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Academic Achievement, Secondary School Students, Grades (Scholastic)
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Kostadinov Koroutchev, Rossen – European Journal of Educational Research, 2018
In the present paper we analyse the school performance of the Moroccan secondary students in the municipality of Collado Villalba (Northern Madrid region). For this aim we discuss several socio-economic parameters such as the evolution of unemployment, vegetative growth or immigration rate, etc., that are related to school performance and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Secondary School Students, Municipalities, Socioeconomic Influences
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Carlbaum, Sara – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2016
This article analyses and critically discusses how context is relevant when constructing and upholding an equivalent education for all within the neo-liberal educational regime of marketisation and accountability. At the centre of the article is a study of national school inspection reports in four municipalities in Sweden, exploring performance…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Inspection, Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism