Fabian T. Pfeffer
Equality and quality in education. A comparative study of 19 countries
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
contribution assesses performance national education systems along two important dimensions degree help individuals develop capabilities necessary successful social integration educational quality degree confer equal opportunities social advancement educational equality advances new conceptualization measure quality equality education uses study relationship institutional differentiation outcomes relies data final educational credentials literacy among adults circumvent underappreciated conceptual challenges entailed widespread analysis international student assessment data analyses reveal positive relationship educational quality equality show education systems lower degree institutional differentiation provide educational equality also marked higher levels educational quality latter association partly driven institutional macrostructural factors demonstrate higher levels educational equality less differentiated education systems entail oftenassumed tradeoff lower quality