Determined to succeed? : performance versus choice in educational attainment /

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"In many countries, concern about socio-economic inequalities in educational attainment has focused on inequalities in test scores and grades. The presumption has been that the best way to reduce inequalities in educational outcomes is to reduce inequalities in performance. But is this presumpt...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Jackson, Michelle Victoria (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013]
Colección:Studies in social inequality.
Temas:
Educational equalization > Cross-cultural studies.
Educational attainment > Cross-cultural studies.
Academic achievement > Cross-cultural studies.
Démocratisation de l'enseignement > Études transculturelles.
Niveau d'instruction > Études transculturelles.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Academic achievement.
Educational attainment.
Educational equalization.
Electronic books.
Cross-cultural studies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: how is inequality of educational opportunity generated? The case for primary and secondary effects / Michelle Jackson
  • Primary and secondary effects: some methodological issues / Christiana Kartsonaki, Michelle Jackson and David R. Cox
  • Inequality in transitions to secondary school and tertiary education in Germany / Martin Neugebauer, David Reimer, Steffen Schindler and Volker Stocké
  • How social background affects educational attainment over time in the Netherlands / Charlotte Büchner and Rolf van der Velden
  • Academic achievement, tracking decisions and their relative contribution to educational inequalities: change over four decades in France / Mathieu Ichou and Louis-André Vallet
  • Social origin inequalities in educational careers in Italy: performance or decision effects? / Dalit Contini and Andrea Scagni
  • Ever declining inequalities? Transitions to upper secondary and tertiary education in Sweden, 1972-1990 birth cohorts / Frida Rudolphi
  • Dentist, driver, or dropout? Family background and secondary education choices in Denmark / Anders Holm and Mads Meier Jaeger
  • Social background and educational transitions in England / Michelle Jackson
  • Class origins, high school graduation, and college entry in the United States / Stephen L. Morgan, Michael W. Spiller and Jennifer J. Todd
  • Why does inequality of educational opportunity vary across countries? Primary and secondary effects in comparative context / Michelle Jackson and Jan O. Jonsson.

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