The Effects of an Upper Secondary Education Reform on the Attainment of Immigrant Youth

Autor/inn/en	Brinch, Christian N.; Bratsberg, Bernt; Raaum, Oddbjorn
Titel	The Effects of an Upper Secondary Education Reform on the Attainment of Immigrant Youth
Quelle	In: Education Economics, 20 (2012) 5, S.447-473 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-5292
DOI	10.1080/09645292.2012.664700
Schlagwörter	Evidence; Immigrants; Educational Attainment; Disadvantaged; Educational Change; Secondary Education; School Restructuring; Transitional Programs; Articulation (Education); Pretests Posttests; Educational Improvement; Improvement Programs; Change Strategies; Migrant Education; Migrant Problems; Migrant Programs; Program Effectiveness; Ethnic Groups; Minority Group Students; Statistical Analysis; Foreign Countries; Achievement Gains; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Bildungsreform; Sekundarbereich; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Effizienzsteigerung; Lösungsstrategie; Ethnie; Statistische Analyse; Ausland; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Norwegen
Abstract	The national Norwegian school reform of 1994, which gave students statutory rights to at least 3 years of upper secondary education, had a significant impact on educational attainment among immigrant youth. In particular, we find that the immigrant transition rate from compulsory schooling to completion of the first year of upper secondary education improved significantly from the pre- to the post-reform period. We present evidence suggesting that this improvement can be attributed to a reduction in school capacity constraints rather than to cohort heterogeneity. An important implication is that nontargeted educational reforms can have large effects on the educational attainment of disadvantaged groups in general and ethnic minority youth in particular. (Contains 13 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10