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In Pursuit of Equity in Education

Using International Indicators to Compare Equity Policies

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Editors:
  1. Walo Hutmacher

    1. University of Geneva, Switzerland

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  2. Douglas Cochrane

    1. Services Institute, American Institutes for Research/Education Statistics, Washington, DC, USA

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  3. Norberto Bottani

    1. Service de la Recherche en Éducation, Département de l’Instruction Publique Genève, Switzerland

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Walo Hutmacher
    Pages 1-22

  3. Theoretical Approaches and Conceptual Issues

    1. Equity and Education

      • Luciano Benadusi
      Pages 25-64

    2. Efficiency and Equity

      • Marc Demeuse, Marcel Crahay, Christian Monseur
      Pages 65-91

    3. School Equity as a Matter of Justice

      • Denis Meuret
      Pages 93-111

    4. Why Education Matters

      • Douglas Cochrane
      Pages 113-130

  4. Equity Indicators: A Framework, a Rationale and Current Perspectives

    1. A System of Equity Indicators for Educational Systems

      • Denis Meuret
      Pages 133-164

    2. Why Data Collection Matters

      • Gary Orfield
      Pages 165-194

    3. International Equity Indicators in Education and Learning in Industrialized Democracies

      • Tom Healy, David Istance
      Pages 195-215

    4. Monitoring Educational Disparities in Less Developed Countries

      • Vittoria Cavicchioni, Albert Motivans
      Pages 217-240

  5. International Comparisons on Equity Issues

    1. Is There an Effectiveness-equity Trade-off?

      • Vincent Vandenberghe, Vincent Dupriez, Marie-Denise Zachary
      Pages 243-250

    2. Equity Indicators Based on the Provision of Supplemental Resources for Disabled and Disadvantaged Students

      • Peter Evans
      Pages 253-266

    3. Educational Equity

      • Vincent Vandenberghe
      Pages 267-275

    4. Intergenerational Inequities

      • Sylvain Noël, Patrice de Broucker
      Pages 277-296

  6. National Policies and the use of Indicators

    1. Equity and Equivalence in the Swedish School System

      • Anna Wildt-Persson, Gunnar Per Rosengren
      Pages 299-321

    2. Narrowing the Gap

      • Kurt Dewitt, Peter Van Petegem
      Pages 323-341

    3. Economics and Demographics in Metropolitan Communities

      • Douglas Cochrane
      Pages 343-372

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 373-378
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About this book

Equity in education is a major policy concern everywhere. But there are significant differences among nations with respect to definitions and issues of equality and equity. While international comparison could help countries learn from each other, reliable tools for comparison are scarce.
In this book an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars makes a compelling case for better international equity indicators in education. A conceptual framework for a system of comparable indicators is proposed and a spectrum of findings and perspectives presented. This opens a dialogue on the definition, value and use of equity indicators across nations and over time. Topics include: the sociology of equality and equity in education; the application of theories of justice to educational equity; the trade-off between effectiveness and equity; heterogeneous versus homogeneous classrooms; the influence of parental education; and the economics and demographics of metropolitan communities.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Geneva, Switzerland

    Walo Hutmacher

  • Services Institute, American Institutes for Research/Education Statistics, Washington, DC, USA

    Douglas Cochrane

  • Service de la Recherche en Éducation, Département de l’Instruction Publique Genève, Switzerland

    Norberto Bottani

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: In Pursuit of Equity in Education

  • Book Subtitle: Using International Indicators to Compare Equity Policies

  • Editors: Walo Hutmacher, Douglas Cochrane, Norberto Bottani

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47579-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6988-2Published: 30 June 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5708-2Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-47579-5Published: 08 May 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 378

  • Topics: Sociology of Education, International and Comparative Education, Sociology, general, Assessment, Testing and Evaluation

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