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      Unpacking the inequality among Turkish schools: findings from PISA 2006

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      Alacacı, C.
      Erbaş, A. K.
      Date
      2010-03
      Source Title
      International Journal of Educational Development
      Print ISSN
      0738-0593
      Publisher
      Elsevier
      Volume
      30
      Issue
      2
      Pages
      182 - 192
      Language
      English
      Type
      Article
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      Abstract
      The study investigates the effects of certain school characteristics on students’ mathematics performances in Turkey in the PISA 2006 while controlling for family background and demographic characteristics. Three models of Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) are constructed. The results reveal that 55% of the variance is attributable to between-schools and the remaining 45% to individual student characteristics. About two-thirds of the 55% is explained by selectivity in admissions, time to study mathematics and students’ SES, gender and the geographical region. The findings are interpreted to explain why Turkish schools differed greatly in average student performance in PISA 2006 by using the conceptual efforts on school quality factors and family background characteristics.
      Keywords
      International education
      Educational policy
      School characteristics
      Equality
      Pisa
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/11860
      Published Version (Please cite this version)
      http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2009.03.006
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