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Hanushek Eric A. (1979). « Conceptual and empirical issues in the estimation of educationnal production functions ». Journal of Human Ressources, vol. 41, p. 351–388.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Hanushek1979  |
Categories: General Keywords: , Ă©ducation interculturelle Creators: Hanushek Collection: Journal of Human Ressources |
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" Measuring educational performance and understanding its determinants are significant for structuring policies with regard to such varying issues as teacher accountability, educational finance systems, and school integration. Previous analyses of student achievement and educational production relationships have been burdened by a lack of conceptual clarity and a number of potentially severe analytical problems. Consequently, considerable confusion has arisen about what has been learned, but also about how such studies should be conducted and what can be learned. It can be maintained that differences in family socioeconomic background without question lead to significant achievement differences. Socioeconomic status is interpreted as a proxy for quality of the home learning situation. Conclusive evidence indicates that differences among schools and teachers are also important in achievement. There is evidence that schools are economically inefficient, and there are significant differences in production functions by race and perhaps family background. In addition, there are gaps in general knowledge about education, particularly of the relationship between school quality and subsequent performance and therefore of how to measure school quality."
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