Negative Impacts of School Class Segregation on Migrant Children’s Education Expectations and the Associated Mitigating Mechanism

Cixian Lv, Xiaotong Zhi, Jingjing Xu (), Peijin Yang and Xinghua Wang ()
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Cixian Lv: Normal College, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
Xiaotong Zhi: Normal College, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
Jingjing Xu: Normal College, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
Peijin Yang: Normal College, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
Xinghua Wang: Normal College, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 22, 1-14

Abstract: This study thoroughly analyzes the impacts of school class segregation on the four dimensions of educational expectations of migrant children, and verifies the moderating effects of migrant children’s identification with the college entrance examination policy on the relationship between the two. A total of 1770 questionnaires were collected for this study. Through multiple regression analysis and moderating effect tests on the data, this study reveals that school class segregation has a significant negative impact on the educational expectations of migrant children; the migrant children’s identification with the college entrance examination policy also partially moderates the impacts of school class segregation on the academic achievement expectations and interpersonal expectations of migrant children. Informed by these results, this study proposes the following three mechanisms that can be used to mitigate the negative impacts of school class segregation on migrant children’s educational expectations: (a) an institutional mechanism involving the “unified urban–rural household registration”; (b) a cultural mechanism involving “promoting learning through examinations”; (c) a compensation mechanism involving the “principle of justice”. This paper provides a Chinese perspective on the issue of school class segregation by offering a policy reference for the improvement of the college entrance examination policy for migrant children and the reform of the household registration system.

Keywords: migrant children; college entrance examination for migrant children; policy identification; school class segregation; educational expectation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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