Differences in the Distribution of High School Achievement: The Role of Class Size and Time-in-term

Darren Lauzon and Miles Corak

Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series from Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch

Abstract:

This paper adopts the decomposition technique of DiNardo, Fortin and Lemieux (DFL, 1996) to decompose provincial differences in the distribution of Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test scores and assesses the relative contribution of provincial differences in the distribution of "class size" and time-in-term, other school factors and student background factors. Class size and time-in-term are both important school choice variables and we examine how provincial achievement differences would change if the Alberta distribution of class size and time-in-term prevailed in the other provinces. Results differ by province, and for provinces where mean achievement gaps would be lower, not all students would benefit.

Keywords: Children and youth; Education; Education; training and learning; Students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-11-22
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Working Paper: Differences in the Distribution of High School Achievement: The Role of Class Size and Time-in-Term (2010)
Journal Article: Differences in the distribution of high school achievement: The role of class-size and time-in-term (2009)
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