Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/228765 
Title (translated): 
Provincial achievement gaps from literacy surveys conducted in years 2000 to 2018
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
Research Group on Human Capital - Working Paper Series No. 20-02
Publisher: 
Université du Québec à Montréal, École des sciences de la gestion (ESG UQAM), Groupe de recherche sur le capital humain (GRCH), Montréal
Abstract (Translated): 
This paper presents standardised test scores results in literacy from 19 provincial and international surveys in education conducted over years 2000 to 2018. The analysis draws on students in provinces, mainly Québec and Ontario, at three stages of education, grade 4 in primary school, grade 8 in secondary school, and 15-year-olds in grades 8, 9 and 10. The tree domains of literacy are reading, maths, and science. A diversity of summary statistics is computed (number of respondents, mean, standard deviation, scores at different points of the percentile distributions), as well as gaps (P90-P10 and P75-P25) between scores and differences between Québec and other participant group entities. The investigation also shows the percentage distribution of students in the surveys' proficiency scales. The gradients of scores and the social statuses of students measured by parental educational and occupational categories are displayed. The results contradict the conclusion of an independent council in education, and imply that Québec's system of education performs as well or better than in the other provinces system with lesser gaps in literacy domains. The assessment reviews why students in independent schools succeed more and some policy options in education policy to address social inequities in the skills and knowledge of students.
JEL: 
I28
I21
I29
I28
I21
I29
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
3.39 MB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.