Open AccessA study about test performances of rio de janeiro county students in 2012 and 2011 based on longitudinal data
Author(s) -
Leandro Marino,
Denise Britz do Nascimento Silva,
Ruben Klein
Publication year - 2015
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.52041/srap.15503
Subject(s) - test (biology) , student achievement , mathematics education , multilevel model , affect (linguistics) , event (particle physics) , psychology , work (physics) , academic achievement , medical education , computer science , medicine , engineering , machine learning , mechanical engineering , paleontology , communication , biology , physics , quantum mechanics
The aim of this paper is to identify school, parents’ and students’ characteristics associated with educational achievement of students in the third, fourth, seventh and eighth years measured by a large assessment test. We analyze individual and school level factors that can affect the student achievement and, in addition, the work looks for factors influencing performance gains between two consecutive evaluation rounds. The analysis is conducted based on a two-level hierarchical linear model. The primary data source was an educational assessment procedure conducted by Rio de Janeiro City Council. The results confirm some findings already obtained in cross-sectional studies. Furthermore, these findings show a main effect associated with the fail/pass event in 3rd grade students and that not only low-performance students may fail the final exams and have been held back in school.