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Variation in Educational Outcomes and Policies across Countries and of Schools within Countries / Richard B. Freeman, Stephen Machin, Martina Viarengo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freeman, Richard B.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w16293.
- NBER working paper series no. w16293
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2010.
- Summary:
- This study examines the variation in educational outcomes across and within countries using the TIMSS mathematics tests. It documents the wide cross-country variation in the level and dispersion of test scores. Countries with the highest test scores are those with the least inequality in scores, which suggests a "virtuous" equity-efficiency trade-off in improving educational outcomes. Analyzing the association of gender, immigrant status, and family background factors with scores, we find large cross-country differences in the relation between those factors and scores.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- August 2010.
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