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Educational Opportunities in the Netherlands: Policy, Students' Performance and Issues.
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Driessen, Geert; Dekkers, Hetty – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de l'Education, 1997
Describes the Educational Priority Policy (EPP), implemented in the Netherlands in 1985 to reduce the educational disadvantage of socioeconomically challenged students. Describes an EPP evaluation that examined the impact of gender, social class, and ethnic background on test performance. Social class and immigrant status were found to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Disadvantaged