Compensating for Family Disadvantage: An Analysis of the Effects of Boarding School on Chinese Students' Academic Achievement

Autor/inn/en	Tan, Minda; Bodovski, Katerina
Titel	Compensating for Family Disadvantage: An Analysis of the Effects of Boarding School on Chinese Students' Academic Achievement
Quelle	In: FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 6 (2020) 3, S.36-57 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2326-3873
Schlagwörter	Boarding Schools; Academic Achievement; Rural Areas; Mathematics Tests; Grade 8; Disadvantaged; Family Characteristics; Equal Education; Educational Quality; Public Schools; Longitudinal Studies; Reading Achievement; Mathematics Achievement; Educational Benefits; Secondary School Students; Foreign Countries; Socioeconomic Status; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Boarding school; Internat; Schulleistung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Leseleistung; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Bildungsertrag; Sekundarschüler; Ausland; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status
Abstract	China implemented a policy to improve education equity through investing in boarding programs of public schools in rural and less-developed areas. However, this policy has not been informed by empirical research in the Chinese context. By using the nationally representative longitudinal data, this study investigates whether and to what extent boarding schools compensate for children's family disadvantages in terms of mathematics and reading achievement. The findings, drawn from multilevel logistic regression and hierarchical models, indicate that students from low-SES [socioeconomic status] families or rural areas tend to board at schools. Boarding students performed better than day students in 8th-grade mathematics tests. Among students with essential needs, those residing at school during the week significantly benefitted in their school performance in both subjects. Overall, it appears that governmental investment in boarding programs can, to some extent, compensate for some family disadvantages. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01