Educational Outcomes and Socioeconomic Status: A Decomposition Analysis for Middle-Income Countries

Autor/inn/en	Nieto, Sandra; Ramos, Raúl
Titel	Educational Outcomes and Socioeconomic Status: A Decomposition Analysis for Middle-Income Countries
Quelle	In: Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 45 (2015) 3, S.325-343 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-1538
DOI	10.1007/s11125-015-9357-y
Schlagwörter	Achievement Gap; Socioeconomic Status; Comparative Education; Low Income Groups; Middle Class; Developing Nations; Outcomes of Education; Foreign Countries; Teacher Effectiveness; Educational Practices; Educational Policy; Educational Improvement; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Mittelschicht; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Ausland; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Bildungspraxis; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung
Abstract	This article analyzes the factors that explain the gap in educational outcomes between the top and bottom quartile of students in different countries, according to their socioeconomic status. To do so, it uses PISA microdata for 10 middle-income and 2 high-income countries, and applies the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition method. Its results show that students' individual variables only explain differences in high-income countries; meanwhile, school and teacher quality, and better practices, matter even in different institutional settings. From a policy perspective, this evidence supports actions to improve school and teacher quality in order to reduce cross-country differences and differences between students at the top and bottom of socioeconomic distribution. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01