System Effects on Educational Achievement: A British–American Comparison |
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Authors: | Alan C Kerckhoff Lorraine Bell Haney Elizabeth Glennie |
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Institution: | a Duke University;b University of Wisconsin;c Duke University |
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Abstract: | Societal variations in the organization of educational institutions are thought to affect the distribution of students into levels of educational achievement. This paper analyzes the diverging achievements of British and American cohorts as they pass through secondary and post-secondary education. The ways students' locations in the systems' structures deflect their achievements are charted, and the cumulative effects of those deflections between the ages of 16 and 28 are estimated. Despite the more stratified and standardized organization of the British educational system, and despite its sharper differentiation between academic and vocational credentials, the cumulative deflections during these years are greater in the United States. Explaining this outcome requires an understanding of both organizational and normative differences between the two systems. |
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Keywords: | education systems comparative education educational achievement organization effects |
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