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Timmermans, Anneke C.; Bosker, Roel J.; Doolaard, Simone; de Wolf, Inge – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2012
This study investigates the possibilities of estimating value added as a performance indicator in senior secondary vocational education. Value added is interesting in this context because it is considered as a reliable tool for comparing the effectiveness of educational institutions. Although value added indicators have been developed since the…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Program Effectiveness, Educational Attainment, Vocational Education
Peer reviewedMuffels, Ruud; Fouarge, Didier – Social Indicators Research, 2004
In a previous paper in this journal (Headey et al., 2000) a comparison was made between three so-called 'best cases' of welfare regime types, the 'Liberal' US, 'the 'Corporatist' Germany and the 'Social-Democratic' Netherlands. The main conclusion was that the Social-Democratic welfare state performed best on nearly all social and economic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Environment, Income
van de Grift, W. J. C. M.; Houtveen, A. A. M. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2006
In some primary schools, the average performance of pupils over several years is significantly below the level that could be expected of these pupils. There are several theories for this phenomenon, known as underperformance. Theory on opportunity to learn predicts that pupils in underperforming schools are not given sufficient opportunity to…
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Student Characteristics, Educational Theories, Racial Differences

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