Analysis of Institutional Competitiveness of Junior High Schools through the Admission Test to High School Education

Autor/inn/en	Armendáriz, Joyzukey; Tarango, Javier; Machin-Mastromatteo, Juan Daniel
Titel	Analysis of Institutional Competitiveness of Junior High Schools through the Admission Test to High School Education
Quelle	In: Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 7 (2018) 1, S.52-60 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Armendáriz, Joyzukey) ORCID (Tarango, Javier) ORCID (Machin-Mastromatteo, Juan Daniel)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2254-7339
Schlagwörter	Institutional Characteristics; Competition; Junior High Schools; Correlation; Admission Criteria; Standardized Tests; Competitive Selection; Data Analysis; Grade Point Average; Foreign Countries; Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wettkampf; Sekundarstufe I; Korrelation; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Auswertung; Ausland; Mexiko
Abstract	This descriptive and correlational research studies 15,658 students from 335 secondary schools in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, through the results of the examination of admission to high school education (National High School Admission Test--EXANI I from the National Assessment Center for Education--CENEVAL) on logical-mathematical and verbal reasoning, mathematics and Spanish, comparing along the variables of sex, system (public or private), type of school of origin (there are seven types) and ranking of grades, with which, the main objective is to identify levels of institutional competitiveness. The main findings of the research were: (i) private schools, in comparison with public ones, showed percentages of more favorable grades (60.54 and 43.58 respectively); (ii) influence of the academic average of the students in the result of the examination of admission (correlation of 0.0403; (iii) greater competence in the area of verbal reasoning (56.47) compared to logical-mathematical reasoning (55.69); and (iv) the identification of a small number of secondary schools considered as having sufficient institutional competitiveness (11 schools, equivalent to 3.28% of the total). (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01