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India shining and Bharat drowning : comparing two Indian states to the worldwide distribution in mathematics achievement

Das, Jishnu (contributor); Zajonc, Tristan (contributor) - 2008

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India Shining And Bharat Drowning : Comparing Two Indian States To The Worldwide Distribution In Mathematics Achievement

Das, Jishnu - 2008

worldwide distribution of mathematics achievement. These two states fall below 43 of the 51 countries for which data exist. The … Africa in the worldwide ranking exercise. Consequently, and to the extent that these two states can represent India, the two … statements "for every ten top performers in the United States there are four in India" and "for every ten low performers in the …

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India Shining and Bharat Drowning : Comparing Two Indian States to the Worldwide Distribution in Mathematics Achievement

Das, Jishnu; Zajonc, Tristan - 2010

most of the developing world no internationally comparable estimates of cognitive skills exist. This paper uses student … mathematics achievement. These two states fall below 43 of the 51 countries for which data exist. The bottom 5% of children rank …. Inequality in the test-score distribution for both states is next only to South Africa. The combination of India's size and large …

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India Shining and Bharat Drowning : Comparing Two Indian States to the Worldwide Distribution in Mathematics Achievement

Das, Jishnu - 2016

worldwide distribution of mathematics achievement. These two states fall below 43 of the 51 countries for which data exist. The … Africa in the worldwide ranking exercise. Consequently, and to the extent that these two states can represent India, the two … statements for every ten top performers in the United States there are four in India and for every ten low performers in the …

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India Shining and Bharat Drowning : Comparing Two Indian States to the Worldwide Distribution in Mathematics Achievement

Das, Jishnu; Zajonc, Tristan - 2012

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Country performance at the International Mathematical Olympiad

Henseke, Golo - 2009

Olympians. -- Science Olympiads ; Talent in mathematics ; Country panel ; PISA …

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The Importance of School Systems : Evidence from International Differences in Student Achievement

Woessmann, Ludger - 2016

Students in some countries do far better on international achievement tests than students in other countries. Is this all due to differences in what students bring with them to school – socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the like? Or do school systems make a difference? This...

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The Importance of School Systems : Evidence from International Differences in Student Achievement

Woessmann, Ludger - 2016

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Tracking When Ranking Matters

Landaud, Fanny; Maurin, Eric - 2022

This paper investigates the effect of grouping students by prior achievement into different classes (or schools) in settings where students are competing for admission to programs offering only a limited number of places. We first develop a model that identifies the conditions under which the...

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Dynamic panel data models with irregular spacing : with applications to early childhood development

Millimet, Daniel L.; McDonough, Ian K. - 2013

With the increased availability of longitudinal data, dynamic panel data models have become commonplace. Moreover, the properties of various estimators of such models are well known. However, we show that these estimators breakdown when the data are irregularly spaced along the time dimension....

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