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Inequality in Top Performance: An Examination of Cross-Country Variation in Excellence Gaps across Different Levels of Parental Socioeconomic Status
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Jacobs, Babs; Wolbers, Maarten H. J. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2018
This article examines the extent to which parental socioeconomic status (SES) affects the likelihood of a child becoming a top-performing student, offering an international perspective by reporting this relationship in 31 developed countries. The impact of 3 important educational system characteristics (differentiation in terms of early tracking,…
Descriptors: Parent Background, Socioeconomic Status, Probability, Academic Achievement
Should Schools Be Optimistic? An Investigation of the Association between Academic Optimism of Schools and Student Achievement in Primary Education
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Boonen, Tinneke; Pinxten, Maarten; Van Damme, Jan; Onghena, Patrick – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2014
Academic emphasis, collective efficacy, and faculty trust in students and parents (3 school characteristics positively associated with student achievement) are assumed to form a higher order latent construct, "academic optimism" (Hoy, Tarter, & Woolfolk Hoy, 2006a, 2006b). The aim of the present study is to corroborate the latent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Factor Analysis, Grade 5, Foreign Countries
Educational Choice in Secondary School in Flanders: The Relative Impact of Occupational Interests on Option Choice
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Pinxten, Maarten; De Fraine, Bieke; Van Den Noortgate, Wim; Van Damme, Jan; Anumendem, Dickson – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2012
The present study aims at unravelling the myriad of student-level (i.e., gender, socioeconomic status [SES], academic self-concept, achievement, ability, and occupational interests) and school-level (i.e., gender composition, maths composition, and SES composition) determinants of option choice in the academic track of secondary school in…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, School Choice, Grade 9, Grade 8
The High Performance of Dutch and Flemish 15-Year-Old Native Pupils: Explaining Country Differences in Math Scores between Highly Stratified Educational Systems
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Prokic-Breuer, Tijana; Dronkers, Jaap – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2012
This paper aims to explain the high scores of 15-year-old native pupils in The Netherlands and Flanders by comparing them with the scores of pupils in countries with the same highly stratified educational system: Wallonia, the German "Lander," the Swiss German cantons, and Austria. We use the data from the Programme for International…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Exit Examinations, Students, Foreign Countries
Explaining Socioeconomic Inequalities In Student Achievement: The Role Of Home And School Factors
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Marks, Gary; Cresswell, John; Ainley, John – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2006
This paper examines the extent that material, social, and cultural resources and schools account for the relationship between socioeconomic background and student achievement among 15-year-olds in 30 countries. Generally, cultural factors play a more important role in most countries although in a small minority of countries, material resources…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Academic Achievement, Socioeconomic Background, Family School Relationship
Exploring Cross-National Differences in Gender Gaps in Education
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van Langen, Annemarie; Bosker, Roel; Dekkers, Hetty – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2006
Although the participation rates of females in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (or STEM) education is poor in most Western countries, considerable differences across countries exist as well. This may be due to differences in the so-called gender achievement gaps, that is, delays of one sex with respect to the other. The variation…
Descriptors: Females, Academic Achievement, Gender Differences, Western Civilization