DOI
10.17583/rise.2020.4807
Abstract
Using data from the 2011 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study for 45 countries, we examined the size of socioeconomic, gender, and immigrant status related gaps, and their relationships with education system characteristics, such as differentiation, standardization, and proportion of governmental spending on education. We find that higher socioeconomic status is positively and significantly associated with higher math and science achievement; immigrant students lag behind their native peers in both math and science, with first generation students faring worse than second generation; and girls show lower math performance than boys. A higher degree of differentiation makes socioeconomic gaps larger in both math and science achievement, whereas higher governmental spending reduces socioeconomic achievement gaps.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-25-2020
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2020, Hipatia Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.17583/rise.2020.4807
Recommended Citation
Bodovski, K., Munoz, I., Byun, S.- yong, & Chykina, V. (2020). Do Education System Characteristics Moderate the Socioeconomic, Gender and Immigrant Gaps in Math and Science Achievement?. International Journal of Sociology of Education, 9(2), 122–154. https://doi.org/10.17583/rise.2020.4807