Quality of Schooling and Quality of Schools for Indigenous Studentsin Guatemala, Mexico and Peru

Hernandez-Zavala, Martha ; Patrinos, Harry Anthony ; Sakellariou, Chris ; Shapiro, Joseph

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT;    ACHIEVEMENT;    ADULT EMPLOYMENT;    ADULTS;    ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-3982
RP-ID  :  WPS3982

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

A substantial gap in test scores exists between indigenous and non-indigenous students in Latin America. Using test score data for 3rd and 4th year primary school pupils in Guatemala and Peru, and 5th grade pupils in Mexico, the authors assess the magnitude of the indigenous and non-indigenous test score gap and identify the main family and school inputs contributing to the gap. A decomposition of the gap into its constituent components suggests that the proportion that is explained by family and school characteristics is between 41 and 75 percent of the overall test-score gap. Furthermore, family variables contribute more than school variables to the overall explained component.