Assesing Educational Equality and Equity with Large-Scale Assessment Data: Brazil as a Case Study

Researchers have defined and assessed inequalities and inequities in education in various ways, making it difficult to make comparisons among countries or among jurisdictions within countries. This paper sets out practical definitions for equality and equity in education and discusses the prominent issues regarding the use of large-scale national and international assessment data to assess them. Examples are drawn from the national assessment data from Brazil.

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Year of publication:	2012-03
Authors:	Willms, J. Douglas ; Tramonte, Lucía ; Duarte, Jesús ; Bos, María Soledad
Institutions:	Inter-American Development Bank
Subject:	Education :: Educational Assessment \| Education :: Teacher Education & Quality \| Education \| equality \| equity \| indicators \| school resources \| student performance \| teacher quality

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	IDB Publications (Working Papers).
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	The text is part of a series IDB Technical Note Number publication-detail,7101.html?id=34846
Classification:	i24
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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