Can Schools Reduce the Indigenous Test Score Gap? Evidence from Chile.

In Chile, indigenous students obtain lower test scores, on average, than non-indigenous students. Between two cohorts of eighth-graders in the late 1990s, the test score gap declined by 0.1 to 0.2 standard deviations. An Oaxaca decomposition and related descriptive evidence suggest that the most pla...

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Publicado en:Journal of Development Studies Vol. 44; no. 10; pp. 1506 - 1531
Autor principal: McEwan, PatrickJ.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Nov2008
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        Education
        Education of Indigenous peoples
        Achievement gap
        Educational change
        Effect of education on wages
        Eighth grade (Education)
        Cohort analysis
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          Educational change
          Effect of education on wages
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      ab: In Chile, indigenous students obtain lower test scores, on average, than non-indigenous students. Between two cohorts of eighth-graders in the late 1990s, the test score gap declined by 0.1 to 0.2 standard deviations. An Oaxaca decomposition and related descriptive evidence suggest that the most plausible explanation is related to Chile's large-scale school reforms that were targeted at low-achieving schools and students. The paper evaluates and rules out alternate explanations such as relative improvements in indigenous socioeconomic status, and sorting of indigenous students between schools. The results highlight a potential lever for reducing earnings gaps between indigenous and nonindigenous adults.
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