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Direct linkHermann, Zoltán; Kopasz, Marianna – Research Papers in Education, 2021
Girls tend to outperform boys in reading tests, while they usually lag behind boys in mathematics. However, the size of the gender gap varies to a great extent between countries. While the existing literature explains these differences as being mainly due to cultural factors, this paper explores whether this cross-country variation is related to…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Gender Differences, Achievement Gap, Scores
Aguayo-Téllez, Ernesto; Martínez-Rodríguez, Flor E. – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2020
Using an unanticipated policy reform in Mexico that shifted 4 months the cutoff date for elementary school eligibility in 2006 and information on academic performance of 15-year-old students from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 survey, who entered first grade in 2006, this paper estimates the effects of starting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Educational Policy, Academic Achievement
Spaull, Nic – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2019
New evidence presented in this paper shows that existing accounts of Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in developing countries underestimate both progress and inequality because they do not take into account the large proportion of 15-16-year olds who are ineligible for the PISA sampling frame, primarily due to dropout or…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, International Assessment
Wong, Yi-Lee; Zhou, Yisu – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2017
While the existence of a class, gender, or ethnic gap in educational attainment is well documented for many societies, how the practice of grade retention contributes to these patterns of educational inequality has been inadequately addressed. Given that grade retention is commonly practised in Macao, Macao is used as a case for illustration.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade Repetition, Equal Education, Secondary School Students
Download full textLara-Porras, Ana María; Rueda-García, María del Mar; Molina-Muñoz, David – South African Journal of Education, 2019
The aim of this paper is to analyse the students' performance in the mathematical competency aspect of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015 tests and to compare 5 Spanish regions in this respect -- Navarra, Castile-León and Catalonia, with results above the national average; and Extremadura and Andalusia, with results…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Achievement
Tan, Cheng Yong – British Educational Research Journal, 2015
The present study addresses the issue of how different forms of cultural capital may influence children's mathematics achievement in economies with different socioeconomic gradients. Data from 73,178 parent-child dyads from 10 economies with different socioeconomic gradients who participated in the Programme for International Student Assessment…
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, Mathematics Achievement, Socioeconomic Influences, Parent Child Relationship
Idin, Sahin; Dönmez, Ismail – Science Education International, 2017
The aim of this study was to investigate Turkish Science teachers' views about gender equity in the scope of science education. This study was conducted with the quantitative methodology. Within this scope, a 35-item 5-point Likert scale survey was developed to determine Science teachers' views concerning gender equity issues. 160 Turkish Science…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Sex Fairness
Tan, Cheng Yong – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2014
The present study examines from the contingency opportunities perspective the influence of contextual factors on principals' learning-centered leadership using HLM. Participants were 18,641 school principals from 73 jurisdictions who participated in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009. Results showed that principals were…
Descriptors: Principals, Leadership, Performance Factors, Influences
