In Pursuit of Equity in Education Using International Indicators to
Equity in education is a major policy concern everywhere. But there are significant differences among nations with respect to definitions and issues of equality and equity. While international comparison could help countries learn from each other, reliabl
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In Pursuit of Equity in Education Using International Indicators to Compare Equity Policies
Walo Hutmacher University of Geneva, Switzerland
Douglas Cochrane American Institutes for Research/Education Statistics Services Institute, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
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Norberto Bottani Service de la Recherche en Éducation, Département de l’Instruction Publique Genève, Switzerland
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Published in cooperation with AIR/Education Statistics Services Institute, Washington, DC Service de la Recherche en Education-SRED, Geneva Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel
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Contents Introduction Walo Hutmacher
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PART I: THEORETICAL APPROACHES AND CONCEPTUAL ISSUES Chapter 1. Equity and Education: A critical review of sociological research and thought Luciano Benadusi
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Chapter 2. Efficiency and Equity Marc Demeuse, Marcel Crahay & Christian Monseur
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Chapter 3. School Equity as a Matter of Justice Denis Meuret
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Chapter 4. Why Education Matters: Race, ethnicity, poverty and American school-equity research Douglas Cochrane
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PART II: EQUITY INDICATORS: A FRAMEWORK, A RATIONALE AND CURRENT PERSPECTIVES Chapter 5. A System of Equity Indicators for Educational Systems Denis Meuret
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Chapter 6. Why Data Collection Matters: The role of race and poverty indicators in American education Gary Orfield
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Chapter 7. International Equity Indicators in Education and Learning in Industrialized Democracies: Some recent results and avenues for the future Thomas Healy & David Istance
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Chapter 8. Monitoring Educational Disparities in Less Developed Countries Vittoria Cavicchioni & Albert Motivans
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PART III: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS ON EQUITY ISSUES Chapter 9. Is There an Effectiveness-Equity Trade-off? A cross-country comparison using TIMSS test scores Vincent Vandenberghe, Vincent Dupriez & Marie-Denise Zachary
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Chapter 10. Equity Indicators Based on the Provision of Supplemental Resources for Disabled and Disadvantaged Students Peter Evans
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Chapter 11. Educational Equity: Social interactions might matter Vincent Vandenberghe
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Chapter 12. Intergenerational Inequities: A comparative analysis of the influence of parents’ educational background on length of schooling and literacy skills Sylvain Noël & Patrice de Broucker
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PART IV: NATIONAL POLICIES AND THE USE OF INDICATORS Chapter 13. Equity and Equivalence in the Swedish School System Anna Wildt-Persson & Per
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