ERIC Number: EJ925911
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-4934
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Compulsory Policy Change and Divergence in Educational Attainment in Four Former Soviet Republics of Central Asia
Whitsel, Christopher M.
European Education, v43 n1 p56-75 Spr 2011
For approximately seventy years, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan were part of a single educational system under the Soviet Union. Within only a few years of independence, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan decreased their compulsory education level to grade 9, but Kazakhstan continued to require attendance to grade 11. Data from UNICEF's Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, conducted in 2005-6 in each of the republics, provides the opportunity to test empirically whether observed differences among republics are significant and whether attainment in Kazakhstan is higher than in the other republics. Analyses confirm that residents of Kazakhstan are more likely to attend grade 11 and a higher education than residents of neighboring republics. (Contains 4 figures, 3 tables, and 8 notes.)
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries, Grade 9, Grade 11, Higher Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Cross Cultural Studies, Surveys, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan
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