Socioeconomic Inequality and Student Outcomes: Cross-National Trends, Policies, and Practices

This book examines socioeconomic inequality and student outcomes across various Western industrialized nations and the varying success they have had in addressing achievement gaps in lower socioeconomic status student populations. It presents the national profiles of countries with notable achievement gaps within the respective school—aged student populations, explains the trajectory of achievement results in relation to both national and international large—scale assessment measures, and d...