Caine Rolleston|Sonya Krutikova
Equalising opportunity? School quality and home disadvantage in Vietnam
University of London|University of Oxford
abstractlevels basic literacy numeracy skills among vietnamese primary school children high comparison countries similar income level country made impressive gains primary enrolment recent years well improving quality schooling nonetheless remain substantial gaps school performance children less advantaged backgrounds part justification free public schooling consists equalisation opportunities learn mitigation learning inequalities result differences homebackground advantage paper examine learning achievement pupils primary grade 5 explore relationships homebackground teacher peer school factors learning progress grade 5 using data young lives find disadvantaged pupils receive relatively equitable access relation indicators fundamental school quality considerable policy success regarding provision minimum standards however differences home advantage relatively large sophisticated opportunities learn considered number hours instruction received including extra classes well access learning resources computers internet nontext books analysis predictors attainment suggests likely constitute important part explanation persistence learning inequalities home background vietnam suggesting following success equalising basic inputs policy attention turn directly boosting wider opportunities learn among disadvantaged pupilskeywords primary educationperformance gapsinequalityvietnamopportunities learnlongitudinal study acknowledgementsthe authors would like thank angela w little zoe james comments earlier drafts paper young lives teams vietnam oxford