The relevance of the school socioeconomic composition and school proportion of repeaters on grade repetition in Brazil : a multilevel logistic model of PISA 2012.

The paper extends the literature on grade repetition in Brazil by (a) describing and synthesizing the main research findings and contributions since 1940, (b) enlarging the understanding of the inequity mechanism in education, and (c) providing new find‑ ings on the effects of the school socioeconom...

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Autores: Ferrão, Maria Eugénia, Costa, Patrícia Mota, Matos, Daniel Abud Seabra
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2017
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP)
Repositório:Repositório Institucional da UFOP
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ufop.br:123456789/9515
Acesso em linha:http://www.repositorio.ufop.br/handle/123456789/9515
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40536-017-0036-8
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Grade repetition
Educational inequity
School composition effect
Multilevel model
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Resumo:The paper extends the literature on grade repetition in Brazil by (a) describing and synthesizing the main research findings and contributions since 1940, (b) enlarging the understanding of the inequity mechanism in education, and (c) providing new find‑ ings on the effects of the school socioeconomic composition and school proportion of repeaters on the individual probability of grade repetition. Based on the analyses of empirical distributions and multilevel logistic modelling of PISA 2012 data, the findings indicate that higher student socioeconomic status is associated with lower probabil‑ ity of repetition, there is a cumulative risk of repetition after an early repetition, the school socioeconomic composition is strongly correlated with the school proportion of repeaters, and both are related to the individual probability of repetition. The results suggest the existence of a pattern that cumulatively reinforces the effects of social disadvantage, in which the school plays a central role.