Bildungssysteme im historischen und internationalen Vergleich

Education systems and inequalities

“…The main reasoning behind this assumption is that the impact of social origin on educational attainment is stronger at a younger age, because time in school is too short to fully compensate for disadvantages in achievement based on resource deficits in the parental home (primary effects of social origin), and early educational decisions are mainly parental decisions (secondary effects). Selection points are prone to social selectivity and a lower probability of children from lower social backgrounds attending upper secondary schooling (Müller et al, 1997;von Below, 2009).…”

Education Systems and Inequalities

“…The main reasoning behind this assumption is that the impact of social origin on educational attainment is stronger at a younger age, because time in school is too short to fully compensate for disadvantages in achievement based on resource deficits in the parental home (primary effects of social origin), and early educational decisions are mainly parental decisions (secondary effects). Selection points are prone to social selectivity and a lower probability of children from lower social backgrounds attending upper secondary schooling (Müller et al, 1997;von Below, 2009).…”