Socioeconomic Inequality and Student Outcomes: Cross-National Trends, Policies, and Practices

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This book examines socioeconomic inequality and student outcomes across various Western industrialized nations and the varying success they have had in addressing achievement gaps in lower socioeconomic status student populations. It presents the national profiles of countries with notable achievement gaps within the respective school-aged student populations, explains the trajectory of achievement results in relation to both national and international large-scale assessment measures, and discusses how relevant education policies have evolved within their national contexts. Most importantly, the national profiles investigate the effectiveness of policy responses that have been adopted to close the achievement gap in lower socioeconomic status student populations. This book provides a cross-national analysis of policy approaches designed to address socioeconomic inequality. Front Matter ....Pages i-xx Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Socioeconomic Inequality and Student Outcomes Across Education Systems (John Jerrim, Louis Volante, Don A. Klinger, Sylke V. Schnepf)....Pages 3-16 The Impact of Education Policies on Socioeconomic Inequality in Student Achievement: A Review of Comparative Studies (Rolf Strietholt, Jan-Eric Gustafsson, Nina Hogrebe, Victoria Rolfe, Monica Rosén, Isa Steinmann et al.)....Pages 17-38 Front Matter ....Pages 39-39 Socioeconomic Inequality and Student Outcomes in English Schools (Jake Anders, Morag Henderson)....Pages 41-62 Socioeconomic Inequality and Student Outcomes in German Schools (Horst Entorf, Maddalena Davoli)....Pages 63-79 Socioeconomic Inequality and Student Outcomes in Italy (Nicola Pensiero, Orazio Giancola, Carlo Barone)....Pages 81-94 Socioeconomic Inequality and Student Outcomes in Spanish Schools (Álvaro Choi, Jorge Calero)....Pages 95-110 Socioeconomic Inequality and Student Outcomes in the Netherlands (Jaap Scheerens, Anneke Timmermans, Greetje van der Werf)....Pages 111-132 Socioeconomic Inequality and Student Outcomes in Swedish Schools (Petra Löfstedt)....Pages 133-152 Socioeconomic Inequality and Student Outcomes in Finnish Schools (Katariina Salmela-Aro, Anna K. Chmielewski)....Pages 153-168 Socioeconomic Inequality and Student Outcomes in Canadian Schools (Alana Butler)....Pages 169-187 Socioeconomic Inequality and Student Outcomes in Australia (Philip Parker, Jiesi Guo, Taren Sanders)....Pages 189-204 Front Matter ....Pages 205-205 Cross-National Trends in Addressing Socioeconomic Inequality in Education (Sylke V. Schnepf, Don A. Klinger, Louis Volante, John Jerrim)....Pages 207-223 Correction to: Socioeconomic Inequality and Student Outcomes (Louis Volante, Sylke V. Schnepf, John Jerrim, Don A. Klinger)....Pages C1-C1