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ERIC Number: EJ658065
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-4086
Socioeconomic Status, School Quality, and National Economic Development: A Cross-National Analysis of the "Heyneman-Loxley Effect" on Mathematics and Science Achievement.
Baker, David P.; Goesling, Brian; Letendre, Gerald K.
Comparative Education Review, v46 n3 p291-312 Aug 2002
Based on 1970s data, the "Heyneman-Loxley (HL) effect" proposed that in developing nations, school variables were more important than family socioeconomic status in determining academic achievement. A reassessment of the HL effect using 1990s TIMSS data found the relationship between family background and student achievement to be similar across nations regardless of national income, suggesting that the spread of mass schooling has reduced the HL effect. (SV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Educational Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Influence, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, Social Stratification, Socioeconomic Influences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cross National Studies; School Effects; Third International Mathematics and Science Study