Unpacking the inequality among Turkish schools: Findings from PISA 2006

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Alacaci C., Erbaş A. K.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, cilt.30, ss.182-192, 2010 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 30
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2009.03.006
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.182-192
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: International education, Educational policy, School characteristics, Equality, PISA, ACADEMIC-ACHIEVEMENT, MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT, STUDENT, NETWORKS, OUTCOMES, QUALITY, SCIENCE, TURKEY, RACE
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.