The Measurement of Educational Inequality : Achievement and Opportunity

The Measurement of Educational Inequality : Achievement and Opportunity

This paper proposes two related measures of educational inequality: one for educational achievement and another for educational opportunity. The former is the simple variance (or standard deviation) of test scores. Its selection is informed by cons...

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Main Authors: Ferreira, Francisco H.G., Gignoux, Jeremie
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO BOOKS
ACHIEVEMENT
ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS
ACHIEVEMENT TESTS
ACHIEVEMENTS
ADULT LITERACY
ADULTS
BOARDING SCHOOLS
BOOKS AT HOME
CAUSAL ANALYSIS
CLASSROOMS
COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT
COGNITIVE SKILLS
COGNITIVE TEST
COLLEGE EDUCATION
COUNTRY COMPARISONS
CURRICULA
DATA COLLECTION
DISSERTATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
EDUCATION EXPENDITURE
EDUCATION POLICIES
EDUCATION POLICY
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS
EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY
EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES
EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURE
EDUCATIONAL EXPENDITURES
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATIONAL POLICY
EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
ELEMENTS
ENROLLMENT
ETHICS
EXAMS
FORMAL EDUCATION
GDP
GINI COEFFICIENT
GINI INDEX
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HBS
HIGHER EDUCATION
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN CAPITAL
IMMIGRATION STATUS
INCOME
INEQUALITY
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT
JOB TRAINING
LABOR FORCE
LEARNING
LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT
LEARNING LEVELS
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LITERACY
LITERACY SURVEY
LITERATURE
LOWER SECONDARY
LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION
MATH SCORES
MATHEMATICS
MEAN INCOME
MOBILITY
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
OPEN ACCESS
PAPERS
PARENTAL EDUCATION
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY LEVEL
PRIMARY LEVEL OF EDUCATION
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PUBLIC EDUCATION
READING
RESEARCHERS
SCHOOL CHILDREN
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
SCHOOL LOCATION
SCHOOL YEAR
SCHOOLING
SCIENCE STUDY
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SELECTION BIAS
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
STUDENT POPULATION
SUBJECTS
TEACHER
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TEST SCORES
UPPER SECONDARY
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
WAGE INEQUALITY
WAGES
WELL-BEING
WORKERS
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