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Regional inequality in reading performance: an exploration in Belgium

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Ning, Bo Van Damme, Jan Van Den Noortgate, Wim Gielen, Sarah Bellens, Kim Dupriez, Vincent [UCL] Dumay, Xavier [UCL]

In the 2009 Programme for International Student Assessment, the Flemish community of Belgium outscored its French community in reading, with low achievers accounting for a large proportion of the score gaps. In this study, between-community comparisons based on the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition method showed that the Flemish community benefits largely from its policies and practices of giving schools relative autonomy in resource allocation, promoting good student conduct, and decreasing grade retention. Between-community comparisons using the Juhn-Murphy-Pierce decomposition method showed that compared to their Flemish peers in the same percentile, low achievers in the French community are hindered more by their relatively low grade level; disadvantageous school economic, social, and cultural composition; and negative school supportive climate while medium and high achievers benefit more from their advantageous school economic, social, and cultural composition; positive supportive climate; and high proportion of qualified teachers in schools.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article)
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2016
Language Anglais
Journal information "School Effectiveness and School Improvement : an international journal of research, policy and practice" - Vol. 27, no.4, p. 642-668 (2016)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Routledge (Abingdon)
issn 0924-3453
e-issn 1744-5124
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/IACS - Institute of Analysis of Change in Contemporary and Historical Societies
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Bibliographic reference Ning, Bo ; Van Damme, Jan ; Van Den Noortgate, Wim ; Gielen, Sarah ; Bellens, Kim ; et. al. Regional inequality in reading performance: an exploration in Belgium. In: School Effectiveness and School Improvement : an international journal of research, policy and practice, Vol. 27, no.4, p. 642-668 (2016)
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