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Unraveling a Secret : Vietnam's Outstanding Performance on the PISA Test
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- World Bank, Washington, DC, 2016.
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Abstract
- This paper seeks to find an empirical explanation of Vietnam's outstanding performance on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in 2012. Only a few developing countries participate in the assessment. Those who do, with the unique exception of Vietnam, are typically clustered at the lower end of the range of the Programme for International student Assessment scores. The paper compares Vietnam's performance with that of a set of seven developing countries from the 2012 assessment's data set, using a cut-off per capita GDP (in 2010 purchasing power parity dollars) of $10,000. The seven developing countries' average performance lags Vietnam's by more than 100 points. The "Vietnam effect" is difficult to unscramble, but the paper is able to explain about half of the gap between Vietnam and the seven countries. The analysis reveals that Vietnamese students may be approaching their studies with higher diligence and discipline, their parents may have higher expectations, and the parents may be following up with teachers regarding those expectations. The teachers themselves may be working in a more disciplined environment, with tabs being kept on their own performance as teachers. Vietnam may also be benefiting from investments in pre-school education and in school infrastructure that are disproportionately higher when compared with Vietnam's per capita income level.
- Subjects :
- STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS
MATH TEST
SCHOOL CHILDREN
EDUCATION LEVELS
SCHOOL LIFE
CLASSROOM
MATHEMATICS
QUALITY ASSURANCE
SCHOOL HOURS
WORKING STUDENTS
EXAMINATION
TEST SCORES
SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
VALUES
DISSERTATION
SUBJECTS
TEACHER RATIOS
EIGHTH-GRADE
EDUCATION
SCIENCE
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT
EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE
VILLAGE SCHOOL
CURRICULUM
COLLEGE
TEACHER ABSENTEEISM
PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES
READING
EDUCATIONAL REFORM
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
TEACHERS
STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO
ACADEMIC SUCCESS
TRUANCY
INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
STUDENTS
BASIC EDUCATION
TEACHER MANAGEMENT
UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION
CURRICULAR ACTIVITY
STUDENT ATTITUDES
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
SCHOOLS
PARENTAL EDUCATION
TEXTBOOK
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
LOWER SECONDARY
TEACHER
PLAY SCHOOL
SECONDARY EDUCATION
MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS
REPETITION RATES
STUDENTS PER TEACHER
TEACHER PERFORMANCE
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE
EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE
STUDENTS IN MATHEMATICS
EARLY CHILDHOOD
SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
SCHOOL AUTONOMY
PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
DISCIPLINES
STUDENT ASSESSMENT
LITERATURE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ABSENTEEISM
STUDENT REPORTS
FEES
RESEARCH
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
ACADEMIC STANDARDS
INCENTIVES FOR TEACHERS
LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION
HIGH SCHOOL
SCIENCE SCORES
SPORTS
ADMISSION POLICIES
INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION
ACHIEVEMENT DATA
REFERENCE BOOKS
ELEMENTS
HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARDS
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
SCHOOL COMMITTEES
OPEN ACCESS
SCHOOL EDUCATION
PAPERS
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
PARENT PARTICIPATION
CLASSROOM ASSISTANTS
PROBLEM SOLVING
STUDENT
PARENTAL SUPPORT
TEACHER RATIO
GRADUATION RATES
AVERAGE ENROLLMENT
HIGH SCHOOLS
FORMAL EDUCATION
UPPER SECONDARY
SKILLS
TEACHER-STUDENT RATIO
TEACHER APPRAISAL
READERS
EDUCATIONAL POLICIES
HUMAN RESOURCES
PRIVATE SCHOOL
INSTRUCTION
TEACHING
STUDENT FEES
LEARNING
ACHIEVEMENT
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
MATHEMATICS TEACHERS
KNOWLEDGE
PARENTS’ EDUCATION
ATTITUDES
SCHOOL INSTRUCTION
BOOKS AT HOME
LABOR MARKETS
SCHOOL PROJECT
CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
UNIVERSIT
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
SCHOOL CLIMATE
SCIENCE INSTRUCTION
EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENTS
SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT
CLASS SIZE
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
SCHOOL
STUDENT-TEACHER RATIOS
SCHOOLING
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
POLITICAL SCIENCE
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.od......2456..d835ed8b5648bbca987bbffdfd4d3789