Intranational Comparative Education: What State Differences in Student Achievement Can Teach Us about Improving Education--The Case of Brazil

Autor/inn/en	Carnoy, Martin; Marotta, Luana; Louzano, Paula; Khavenson, Tatiana; Guimarães, Filipe Recch Franca; Carnauva, Fernando
Titel	Intranational Comparative Education: What State Differences in Student Achievement Can Teach Us about Improving Education--The Case of Brazil
Quelle	In: Comparative Education Review, 61 (2017) 4, S.726-759 (34 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-4086
Schlagwörter	Comparative Education; Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Achievement Gains; International Education; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Schulleistung; Ausland; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Internationale Erziehung; Brasilien
Abstract	Implicit in much of comparative and international education research is that education is a creature of the nation-state, shaped largely by economic, political, and social forces defined by national boundaries. However, in federal nation-states, primary and secondary schooling is the juridical responsibility of the constituent states, not the national government. We make the case in this article that in comparative education analysis, there is persuasive support in political theory to consider subnational state comparisons in federalist nations and that such comparisons can yield valuable insights for improving education in the federal nation-state as a whole. We focus on one federal country, Brazil, and on the possible differences in the "effectiveness" of state education administrations in delivering education. We measure state effectiveness by students' mathematics achievement gains on a national test in 1999-2013. We also examine the possible reasons why gains differ greatly in states with similar demographic characteristics. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01