ERIC Number: EJ1115605
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Publication Date: 2016-Oct
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The Effects of Upper-Secondary Education and Training Systems on Skills Inequality. A Quasi-Cohort Analysis Using PISA 2000 and the OECD Survey of Adult Skills
Green, Andy; Pensiero, Nicola
British Educational Research Journal, v42 n5 p756-779 Oct 2016
Research tells us much about the effects of primary and lower-secondary schooling on skills inequality, but we know less about the impact of the next stage of education. This article uses a differences-in-differences analysis of data on literacy and numeracy skills in PISA 2000 and SAS 2011/12 to assess the contribution of upper-secondary education and training to inequalities in skills opportunities and outcomes. It finds that greater parity of esteem between academic and vocational tracks, as found in German-speaking and Scandinavian countries, has some positive effects in mitigating skills inequality. However, the most important factors seem to be high completion rates from long-cycle upper-secondary education and training and mandatory provision of Maths and the national language in the curriculum.
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Quasiexperimental Design, Cohort Analysis, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, International Assessment, Surveys, Graduation Rate, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Curriculum, Comparative Analysis, Numeracy, Adults, Apprenticeships, Vocational Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Austria; Belgium; Canada; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Russia; South Korea; Sweden; United Kingdom (England); United States
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Program for International Student Assessment
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