Examining educational inequalities: insights in the context of improved mathematics performance on national and international assessments at primary level in Ireland

Abstract Background Evaluations of effectiveness of educational reforms are often based on the level of improvement in student performance from one cycle of a particular assessment to the next. However, improvements in overall performance do not necessarily translate to improved equality. Indeed, im...

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Main Authors: Anastasios Karakolidis, Alice Duggan, Gerry Shiel, Joanne Kiniry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-03-01
Series:Large-scale Assessments in Education
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40536-021-00098-1