Godin, MattéoInstitut Bruxellois de Statistique et d'Analyse
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(en) We use PISA sample of 4603 schools and PISA test score in math of 113.000 students in 34 OECD countries to identify the schools of opportunity based on a double test. The first test is the efficiency test. The efficient school are those whose students perform beyond national-rank expectation. The national-rank expectation is the country specific rank-to- rank regression line between student social rank and student test rank. The second test is the upward mobility test. The upward mobile schools are those with a majority of students with a test rank above their social rank. In the second part, we run a logistic regression with fixed effect across the 34 countries to identify the school-level correlates of this group of schools of opportunity. Interestingly we find that the schools of opportunity are associated with a social mix of students, teaching adequacy and strong academic standard. The school-level autonomy and accountability are not significant because of a lack of variation within countries.
Hindriks, J., & Godin, M. (2020). Quelles sont les écoles de la chance : une analyse empirique internationale (CORE Discussion Papers 2020/14). https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/120094