Jaap Dronkers|R.K.W. van der Velden|Allison Dunne
Why are Migrant Students Better off in Certain Types of Educational Systems or Schools Than in Others?
Maastricht University|Maastricht University
main research question article concerned combined estimation effects educational systems school composition track level country origin educational achievement 15yearold migrant students authors focus specifically effects socioeconomic ethnic background achievement scores extent effects affected characteristics school track educational system students enrolled examine sorting mechanisms schools tracks highly stratified moderately stratified comprehensive education systems use data 2006 programme international student assessment pisa wave compared previous research area articles main contribution explicitly including trackswithinschool level separate unit analysis leads less biased results concerning effects educational system characteristics results highlight importance including factors track level school composition debate surrounding educational inequality opportunity students different education contexts findings clearly indicate analyses effects educational system characteristics flawed analysis uses country level student level ignores trackswithinschoollevel characteristics policy perspective important finding educational systems neither uniformly good uniformly bad result different consequences different migrant groups migrant groups better comprehensive systems others better moderately stratified systems