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The note covers: Much is now known about the attainment gap between pupils in schools. John Swinney has admitted closing the education attainment gap between rich and poor pupils is proving “stubborn and challenging”. The gender gap in literacy, on the other hand, follows an inverted-U profile, being highest during teenage years and lowest among young adults. endobj
Closing the poverty-related attainment gap is a key priority in Scottish education policy, as evidenced by programmes such as the Pupil Equity Fund. This report aims to summarise the OECD’s findings and relate them to our own understanding of the social attainment gaps in England. OECD's dissemination platform for all published content - books, serials and statistics Educational attainment and labour-force status. The Scottish Attainment Challenge was launched by the First Minister in … This briefing acknowledges that, while schools have an important role in closing the attainment gap, what they contribute is only one aspect of the multi-dimensional efforts … Wage gap by age. attainment gaps between different social groups Social Mobility for DfES … Social mobility is about narrowing the gap in levels of educational attainment between learners with parents/carers from different social groups, whilst simultaneously raising overall attainment It focuses on attainment gaps … The OECD was commissioned in 2015 to carry out a review of Scotland’s education system. More positively, this attainment gap within the UK has fallen by 15% since 2009 and is smaller than the average gap across the OECD. <>/OutputIntents[<>] /Metadata 1801 0 R>>
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OECD evidence shows that segregated schools present children with two different perspectives of the ... (a standardised assessment for five-year-olds designed to measure the attainment gap… In some countries, girls outstrip boys in schooling outcomes, yet women earn about 16% less money per hour worked than men (ILO 2018). The attainment gap is evident in the early years, continuing to grow throughout school. Scotland than the OECD, English or Welsh averages. Significant socioeconomic inequalities in educational attainment are a well-established finding in Scotland (Sosu and Ellis, 2014) and globally (Kim, Cho and Kim, 2019; OECD, 2018). By age 12–14 (S2), pupils from better-off areas are more than twice as likely as those from the most deprived areas to do well in numeracy. However, the Education Policy Institute’s own annual report found that this trend has slowed in recent years and, in 2018, the gap grew slightly. By age 5, it is 10–13 months. Educational attainment and labour-force status. endobj
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OECD state that the relationship between pupils’ socio-economic background and performance is a key measure of how equitably a country’s education system distributes educational opportunities. The postsecondary attainment gap between the United States and the OECD average narrowed in this age group between 2000 and 2018 as a result of the relatively larger increases in postsecondary degree attainment across the OECD countries. Persistently disadvantaged pupils: 1. %PDF-1.4
The most disadvantaged pupils in England have fallen further behind their peers, and are now on average over 2 full years of learning behind non-disadvantaged pupils by the end of secondary. There has been some progress in closing the gap for disadvantaged pupils on averagein England since 2007, whic… Development (OECD) – show that the UK has greater gender inequalities than countries such as Finland, Sweden and Japan, but ranks alongside France and Australia. This includes both theoretical programmes leading to advanced research or high skill professions such as medicine and more vocational programmes leading to the labour market. While the “global achievement gap” is a phenomenon affecting the United States, it also holds true in other nations. There is a strong link between a pupil’s socioeconomic status and how well they do in school. The variability of performance is always higher among male students, peaking during the teenage years in both numeracy and literacy. The wide range of needs presented by SEND pupils means that tailored support for every pupil isn’t always possible and this can lead to pupils struggling to take an active role in their education. 2 0 obj
The poverty line is defined as half the median household income of the total population. There is clear evidence of a persistent gap in attainment between pupils from the richest and poorest households in Scotland. OECD.Stat enables users to search for and extract data from across OECD’s many databases. The poverty gap is the ratio by which the mean income of the poor falls below the poverty line. 2. the gender gap in median earnings ranged from as high as 34.1% in Korea to as low as 3.4% in Luxembourg, with the gap in most OECD countries somewhere between 10% and 20% and the OECD average 13.0%. Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds have a higher chance of failing. How to bridge Scotland's attainment gap ... OECD evidence shows that segregated schools present children with two different perspectives of the world and affect their life chances. While this is welcomed news, the impact of disadvantage on attainment was still substantial. This report aims to summarise the OECD's findings and relate them to our own understanding of the social attainment gaps in England. • This gap is demonstrated in terms of participation rates at upper secondary and tertiary education. The poverty gap helps refine the poverty rate by providing an indication of the poverty level in a country. 1. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) state that the relationship between pupils’ socio-economic background and performance is a key measure of how equitably a country’s education system distributes educational opportunities. The ‘Race’ Attainment Gap refers to the higher chance White students in Higher Education have of getting a 1 st or 2:1 degree compared to their Black, Asian, Minoritized Ethnic (BAME) counterparts. This did indeed find that Britain had the widest attainment gap of the nations surveyed. Widening gap. 3 0 obj
The OECD report, ‘Excellence, Equity and Inclusiveness in Education ..’ (Schleicher 2014a), observes that many economic and social problems, such as early pregnancy, are linked to lower educational attainment but fails to recogise that it may be underlying societal and … Attainment gap in writing based on getting 50% or more of task successfully completed Average tariff scores of school leavers by SIMD (Scottish … Gender gaps evolve in similar ways at both ends of the skill distribution. Development (OECD) – show that the UK has greater gender inequalities than countries such as Finland, Sweden and Japan, but ranks alongside France and Australia. �(�K�Bc�,�[>V.�#�aKEA�{U�O� {y�Wq�����¾SA�te؏d0'O��#�gH�X�#nO�����y-�ޮr�l���C�#h��[A�豨Ik���ZDAQ�6��@lԎ�r���枌�O��k{x'�}����(O� However the fieldwork for this research was conducted in 2000, since when the OECD has twice updated its findings (in 2003 and 2006, with 2009 results currently under review). Attainment at 16 (the end of S4) has risen overall, but a significant and persistent gap remains between groups. Lower attainment in literacy and numeracy is linked to deprivation throughout primary school. PISA 2009 study: how big is the gap? Despite the fact that a larger proportion of women than men now have a tertiary education, though, women’s employment rates and wages are lower than those of tertiary-educated men. ��d7�M�7�-E;��j+Ż�v�՛����$� Incidence of low pay. While this represents a narrowing of the gap by 2.7 months since 2007, this is not consistent across the board. Today, the gender gap in education in middle and high-income countries has mostly disappeared. This gap starts in preschool years and continues throughout primary and secondary school. Children and young people living in the most deprived communities do significantly worse at all levels of the education system than those from more affluent backgrounds. This did indeed find that Britain had the widest attainment gap of the nations surveyed. The widest gender pay gaps are in the two East Asian OECD … • This gap is demonstrated in terms of participation rates at upper secondary and tertiary education. In Scotland, it is estimated that one in four children is living in poverty. <>
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help resolve ‘the stubborn issues of deprivation and education’s social gaps’ (OECD, 2015: 14). PISA 2009: how does the social attainment gap … This report aims to summarise the OECD's findings and relate them to our own understanding of the social attainment gaps in England. In OECD countries, younger women have higher attainment rates than younger men in upper secondary and tertiary education. Gender wage gap (median) Incidence of high pay. Statistics produced by the OECD (2010) show that there is a continuing gap between those in private and publicly funded schools and between schools serving highly disadvantaged school populations and others. The poverty line is defined as half the median household income of the total population. 1 0 obj
by Tom Peterkin February 26, 2020, 4:30 pm The relationship between educational attainment and the impact of work on family life goes in different directions in different OECD member and partner countries In Chile, Iceland and the Netherlands, the percentage of adults who report that their job negatively affects their family life rises with each level of educational attainment. Mr Swinney was visiting Dens Road Primary School in Dundee, a Scottish Attainment Challenge school whose pupils and teachers participated in the SSLN 2015. The attainment gap affects economically disadvantaged pupils in all educational settings and is significantly bigger in rural areas where there may be a shortage of qualified SEND teachers. endobj
To begin to tackle the challenge of the attainment gap requires us first to understand it – both the scale and nature of the gap, as well as the factors most likely to help close it. In most cases, it widens as pupils progress through the school years. OECD.Stat enables users to search for and extract data from across OECD’s many databases. stream
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