Measuring 'equity' and 'equitability' in school effectiveness research

This paper introduces a Gini-type index for measuring 'attainment equity' in schools; that is to say, how far a school (or group of schools) is from having a 'fair' proportion of its examination success attributable to a fair proportion of its student population. Using data from...

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Main Author: Kelly, Anthony (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2012-12.
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