Socioeconomic Inequality and Educational Outcomes
Evidence from Twenty Years of TIMSS
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Unfavorable test-taking behaviors, such as speededness and disengagement, have long been a validity concern for large-scale low-stakes assessments. Understanding the presence and extent of such behaviors is im...
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. β-Catenin (CTNNB1)-mutated HCC represents 30% of cases of the disease with no precision therapeutics available. Using chemical...
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The foundations of socioeconomic inequities and the educational outcomes of efforts to reduce gaps in socioeconomic status are of great interest to researchers around the world, and narrowing the achievement g...
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International large-scale assessments may be used to understand differences in average student performance across countries over time. Differences in achievement are associated with students’ background charac...
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Using the 20 years of comparable data collected by the IEA’s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), this study aimed to identify and describe possible relationships between trends in th...
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This study compared the SES achievement gaps of 13 education systems in both mathematics and science over time. Each education system was initially categorized as either a system with “increasing SES achieveme...
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To assess education system trends in the inequality of educational outcomes, a robust socioeconomic index for TIMSS trend analysis is needed. This chapter begins by outlining the TIMSS data and sample design, ...