Determined to succeed? : performance versus choice in educational attainment /

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Imprint:Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013]
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 347 pages)
Language:English
Series:Studies in social inequality
Studies in social inequality.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11230527
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Other authors / contributors:Jackson, Michelle Victoria, editor.
ISBN:9780804784481
0804784485
9780804783026
0804783020
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:"In many countries, concern about socio-economic inequalities in educational attainment has focused on inequalities in test scores and grades. The presumption has been that the best way to reduce inequalities in educational outcomes is to reduce inequalities in performance. But is this presumption correct? Determined to Succeed? is the first book to offer a comprehensive cross-national examination of the roles of performance and choice in generating inequalities in educational attainment. It combines in-depth studies by country specialists with chapters discussing more general empirical, methodological, and theoretical aspects of educational inequality. The aim is to investigate to what extent inequalities in educational attainment can be attributed to differences in academic performance between socio-economic groups, and to what extent they can be attributed to differences in the choices made by students from these groups. The contributors focus predominantly on inequalities related to parental class and parental education."--Provided by publisher.
Other form:Print version: Jackson, Michelle. Determined to Succeed? : Performance versus Choice in Educational Attainment. Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, ©2013 9780804783026