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Socioeconomic Inequality and Educational Outcomes : Evidence from Twenty Years of TIMSS /

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This open-access book focuses on trends in educational inequality using twenty years of grade 8 student data collected from 13 education systems by the IEA's Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) between 1995 and 2015. While the overall positive association between family socioeconomi...

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Main Authors: Broer, Markus (Author), Bai, Yifan (Author), Fonseca, Frank (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:IEA Research for Education, A Series of In-depth Analyses Based on Data of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), 5
Subjects:
International education .
Comparative education.
Educational sociology .
Education and sociology.
Statistics .
Assessment.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
International and Comparative Education.
Sociology of Education.
Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law.
Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Socioeconomic Inequality and Educational Outcomes: An Introduction
  • 2. A Review of the Literature on Socioeconomic Status and Educational Achievement
  • 3. Methodology: Constructing a Comparable Socioeconomic Index for 20 Years of TIMSS
  • 4. Socioeconomic Achievement Gaps: Trend Results for Education Systems
  • 5. Trends in Socioeconomic Achievement Gaps in the Macroeconomic Context: Discussion and Future Research
  • Appendix
  • References.