| Reference : Dynamics of Achievement inequalities: the role of performance and choice in Chile |
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| Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Sociology & social sciences | |||
| Educational Sciences | |||
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/51348 | |||
| Dynamics of Achievement inequalities: the role of performance and choice in Chile | |
| English | |
Ceron, Francisco  [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Social Sciences (DSOC) >] | |
| Bol, Thijs [Universiteit van Amsterdam - UvA > Sociology] | |
| Van de Werfhorst, Herman [Universiteit van Amsterdam - UvA > Sociology] | |
| 15-Jul-2020 | |
| Preprint-15/07/2020 | |
| 39 | |
| Yes | |
| [en] achievement inequality ; primary effects ; parents' preferences ; school effects ; private schools | |
| [en] Research on education inequalities has long-established the relationship between
the social composition of of schools and achievement levels. However, the empirical study of the social processes in choosing schools and their potential effects on achievement inequalities has often been neglected. This article investigates the extent to which such social processes, related to parents’ educational preferences and expectations, influence the development of students’ achievement inequalities throughout their schooling career, through shaping school communities, as a channel of transmission of socioeconomic inequality. Using longitudinal census data from Chile, which allows us to observe students’ achievements between the 4th and 10th grades, we find support for the claim that the development of achievement inequalities operate partly through well-off parents’ educational preferences and expectations. Moreover, these preferences and beliefs explain most of the social composition effect of schools on achievement inequalities. We conclude that choice processes should be considered as an integral part of theories aimed to explain achievement inequalities as a dynamic process. | |
| AISSR, University of Amsterdam | |
| Programme of Advance Human Capital, National Commission of Scientific and Technological Research of Chile (CONICYT PFCHA), Grant 72140619 | |
| Dynamics of inequality of educational opportunity and learning in Chile and Latin America | |
| Researchers ; Professionals ; Students | |
| http://hdl.handle.net/10993/51348 | |
| Preprint. Forthcoming, International Journal of Educational Development |
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