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Maluch, Jessica Tsimprea – Language and Education, 2022
The current study examines the effects of the sociocultural context of primary school reading among Arabic- and English-speaking students in the UAE. Using a sample of 16,391 fourth graders (English: n = 10,507; Arabic: n = 5,884) from the 2016 Process in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), results revealed that while early language…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Social Environment, Arabic, Elementary School Students
Lenkeit, Jenny; Caro, Daniel H. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2014
Reports of international large-scale assessments tend to evaluate and compare education system performance based on absolute scores. And policymakers refer to high-performing and economically prosperous education systems to enhance their own systemic features. But socioeconomic differences between systems compromise the plausibility of those…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Socioeconomic Influences, Educational Policy
Caro, Daniel H.; Mirazchiyski, Plamen – European Educational Research Journal, 2012
This article analyses educational inequalities related to socioeconomic status (SES) in 12 Eastern European countries that participated in the International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006. Economies and educational systems of these countries have undergone critical transformations since the fall of communism. The authors' analyses, using data…
Descriptors: Evidence, Equal Education, Educational Objectives, International Studies

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