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

By: Broer, MarkusContributor(s): Bai, Yifan | Fonseca, FrankMaterial type: TextTextSeries: IEA Research for Education SeriesPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2019Copyright date: �2019Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (91 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783030119911Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Socioeconomic Inequality and Educational OutcomesLOC classification: LB43Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Socioeconomic Inequality and Educational Outcomes -- Foreword -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Socioeconomic Inequality and Educational Outcomes: An Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2: A Review of the Literature on Socioeconomic Status and Educational Achievement -- 2.1 Socioeconomic Status and Related Constructs and Measures -- 2.2 Family SES and Student Achievement -- 2.3 Differences in Education Systems and Changes Over Time -- 2.3.1 Homogeneous Versus Heterogeneous -- 2.3.2 Centralized Versus Decentralized -- References -- Chapter 3: Methodology: Constructing a Socioeconomic Index for TIMSS Trend Analyses -- 3.1 TIMSS Data and Sample Characteristics -- 3.2 Construction of a Proxy Measure for Socioeconomic Status -- 3.2.1 Components of the SES* Measure -- 3.2.2 Multiple Imputation of Missing Values -- 3.2.3 The SES* Index -- 3.2.4 Defining High- and Low-SES* Groups -- 3.3 Analytic Approach -- 3.3.1 Plausible Values and Imputed Datasets -- 3.3.2 Measuring Educational Inequality -- 3.3.3 Country-Level Indicators in the Educational Systems and the Macroeconomic Context -- References -- Chapter 4: Socioeconomic Achievement Gaps: Trend Results for Education Systems -- 4.1 Overall Findings -- 4.1.1 Increasing SES* Achievement Gap -- 4.1.2 Decreasing SES* Achievement Gap -- 4.2 Education System Specific Findings -- 4.2.1 Australia -- 4.2.2 Hong Kong -- 4.2.3 Hungary -- 4.2.4 Islamic Republic of Iran -- 4.2.5 The Republic of Korea -- 4.2.6 Lithuania -- 4.2.7 New Zealand -- 4.2.8 Norway -- 4.2.9 Russian Federation -- 4.2.10 Singapore -- 4.2.11 Slovenia -- 4.2.12 Sweden -- 4.2.13 United States -- References -- Chapter 5: Trends in Socioeconomic Achievement Gaps in the Macroeconomic Context: Discussion and Future Research -- 5.1 Summary of the Findings.
5.2 Relating the Findings to Country-Level Indicators in the Educational Systems and the Macroeconomic Context -- 5.2.1 Tentative Pattern 1: Reductions in the Achievement Gap Tend to Accompany Improvements in Overall TIMSS Performance -- 5.2.2 Tentative Pattern 2: Education Systems That Observed Increases in Achievement Gaps Tend to be Decentralized -- 5.2.3 Tentative Pattern 3: Education Systems That Reduced Investment in Education Tended to Observe an Increased Mathematics A... -- 5.3 Limitations of the Study and Recommendations for Future Research -- 5.4 What Have We Learned from Twenty Years of TIMSS Data? -- References -- Appendix Sensitivity Check -- A.1 Index Sensitivity Check -- A.2 Cut-off Sensitivity Check -- References.
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Socioeconomic Inequality and Educational Outcomes -- Foreword -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Socioeconomic Inequality and Educational Outcomes: An Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2: A Review of the Literature on Socioeconomic Status and Educational Achievement -- 2.1 Socioeconomic Status and Related Constructs and Measures -- 2.2 Family SES and Student Achievement -- 2.3 Differences in Education Systems and Changes Over Time -- 2.3.1 Homogeneous Versus Heterogeneous -- 2.3.2 Centralized Versus Decentralized -- References -- Chapter 3: Methodology: Constructing a Socioeconomic Index for TIMSS Trend Analyses -- 3.1 TIMSS Data and Sample Characteristics -- 3.2 Construction of a Proxy Measure for Socioeconomic Status -- 3.2.1 Components of the SES* Measure -- 3.2.2 Multiple Imputation of Missing Values -- 3.2.3 The SES* Index -- 3.2.4 Defining High- and Low-SES* Groups -- 3.3 Analytic Approach -- 3.3.1 Plausible Values and Imputed Datasets -- 3.3.2 Measuring Educational Inequality -- 3.3.3 Country-Level Indicators in the Educational Systems and the Macroeconomic Context -- References -- Chapter 4: Socioeconomic Achievement Gaps: Trend Results for Education Systems -- 4.1 Overall Findings -- 4.1.1 Increasing SES* Achievement Gap -- 4.1.2 Decreasing SES* Achievement Gap -- 4.2 Education System Specific Findings -- 4.2.1 Australia -- 4.2.2 Hong Kong -- 4.2.3 Hungary -- 4.2.4 Islamic Republic of Iran -- 4.2.5 The Republic of Korea -- 4.2.6 Lithuania -- 4.2.7 New Zealand -- 4.2.8 Norway -- 4.2.9 Russian Federation -- 4.2.10 Singapore -- 4.2.11 Slovenia -- 4.2.12 Sweden -- 4.2.13 United States -- References -- Chapter 5: Trends in Socioeconomic Achievement Gaps in the Macroeconomic Context: Discussion and Future Research -- 5.1 Summary of the Findings.

5.2 Relating the Findings to Country-Level Indicators in the Educational Systems and the Macroeconomic Context -- 5.2.1 Tentative Pattern 1: Reductions in the Achievement Gap Tend to Accompany Improvements in Overall TIMSS Performance -- 5.2.2 Tentative Pattern 2: Education Systems That Observed Increases in Achievement Gaps Tend to be Decentralized -- 5.2.3 Tentative Pattern 3: Education Systems That Reduced Investment in Education Tended to Observe an Increased Mathematics A... -- 5.3 Limitations of the Study and Recommendations for Future Research -- 5.4 What Have We Learned from Twenty Years of TIMSS Data? -- References -- Appendix Sensitivity Check -- A.1 Index Sensitivity Check -- A.2 Cut-off Sensitivity Check -- References.

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