Equality of educational opportunities at public primary schools in Argentina

Autores
Adrogué, Cecilia
Año de publicación
2013
Idioma
inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
Descripción
This paper assesses the degree of equality of educational opportunities across Argentina's public primary schools. The main finding is that there are inequalities between jurisdictions, but even greater inequalities within them, suggesting the existence of serious problems in the distribution of resources at the sub-national level. Following the recommendations of the specialized literature, estimates of school quality and measures of disparity in educational opportunity were calculated. While school differences were found across provinces, even greater discrepancies were found among public schools located within provinces, which are responsible for the provision of primary education. Most importantly, inequality among public schools is found to be associated with factors that are considered socially unacceptable, such as the student's socio-economic status even among schools financed by the same governmental unit.
El presente trabajo analiza el grado de igualdad de oportunidades educativas en las escuelas primarias púbicas en Argentina y se encuentra que fallas a nivel sub-nacional pueden ser las culpables de su falta. Siguiendo la literatura, se estimaron medidas de calidad de las escuelas y se calculó la disparidad de las oportunidades educativas. Mientras que se encontraron diferencias entre provincias, todavía mayores diferencias se encontraron entre escuelas públicas localizadas en la misma provincia, que son las responsables de proveer la educación básica. Más importante aún, la desigualdad entre escuelas públicas se encuentra asociada a factores que se consideran socialmente inaceptables, como la situación socio-económica del estudiante, incluso entre escuelas financiadas por la misma unidad gubernamental.
Este trabalho avalia o grau de igualdade de oportunidades educacionais entre as escolas primárias públicas da Argentina e descobre que falhas ao nível sub-nacional pode ser o culpado por sua falta. Seguindo a literatura, são calculadas as estimativas de qualidade da escola e as medidas de disparidade de oportunidades educacionais. Embora as diferenças escolares fossem encontradas entre as províncias, ainda maiores discrepâncias foram encontradas entre as escolas públicas localizadas em províncias, que são responsáveis pela oferta de educação primária. Mais importante ainda, a desigualdade entre escolas públicas é encontrado para ser associada a fatores que são considerados socialmente inaceitáveis, como a situação sócio-econômica do aluno, mesmo entre escolas financiadas pela mesma unidade governamental.
Fil: Adrogué, Cecilia. Universidad de San Andres; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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Inequality
Public Education
Equality of Opportunity
Argentina
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spelling Equality of educational opportunities at public primary schools in ArgentinaIgualdad de oportunidades educativas en las escuelas primarias públicas en ArgentinaIgualdade de oportunidades educacionais nas escolas primárias públicas em ArgentinaAdrogué, CeciliaInequalityPublic EducationEquality of OpportunityArgentinahttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.4https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5This paper assesses the degree of equality of educational opportunities across Argentina's public primary schools. The main finding is that there are inequalities between jurisdictions, but even greater inequalities within them, suggesting the existence of serious problems in the distribution of resources at the sub-national level. Following the recommendations of the specialized literature, estimates of school quality and measures of disparity in educational opportunity were calculated. While school differences were found across provinces, even greater discrepancies were found among public schools located within provinces, which are responsible for the provision of primary education. Most importantly, inequality among public schools is found to be associated with factors that are considered socially unacceptable, such as the student's socio-economic status even among schools financed by the same governmental unit.El presente trabajo analiza el grado de igualdad de oportunidades educativas en las escuelas primarias púbicas en Argentina y se encuentra que fallas a nivel sub-nacional pueden ser las culpables de su falta. Siguiendo la literatura, se estimaron medidas de calidad de las escuelas y se calculó la disparidad de las oportunidades educativas. Mientras que se encontraron diferencias entre provincias, todavía mayores diferencias se encontraron entre escuelas públicas localizadas en la misma provincia, que son las responsables de proveer la educación básica. Más importante aún, la desigualdad entre escuelas públicas se encuentra asociada a factores que se consideran socialmente inaceptables, como la situación socio-económica del estudiante, incluso entre escuelas financiadas por la misma unidad gubernamental.Este trabalho avalia o grau de igualdade de oportunidades educacionais entre as escolas primárias públicas da Argentina e descobre que falhas ao nível sub-nacional pode ser o culpado por sua falta. Seguindo a literatura, são calculadas as estimativas de qualidade da escola e as medidas de disparidade de oportunidades educacionais. Embora as diferenças escolares fossem encontradas entre as províncias, ainda maiores discrepâncias foram encontradas entre as escolas públicas localizadas em províncias, que são responsáveis pela oferta de educação primária. Mais importante ainda, a desigualdade entre escolas públicas é encontrado para ser associada a fatores que são considerados socialmente inaceitáveis, como a situação sócio-econômica do aluno, mesmo entre escolas financiadas pela mesma unidade governamental.Fil: Adrogué, Cecilia. Universidad de San Andres; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaArizona State University. Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College2013-12-16info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/3231Adrogué, Cecilia; Equality of educational opportunities at public primary schools in Argentina; Arizona State University. Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College; Education Policy Analysis Archives; 21; 89; 16-12-2013; 1-281068-2341enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.14507/epaa.v21n89.2013info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/1221info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-03T10:07:47Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/3231instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-03 10:07:47.481CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Equality of educational opportunities at public primary schools in Argentina
Igualdad de oportunidades educativas en las escuelas primarias públicas en Argentina
Igualdade de oportunidades educacionais nas escolas primárias públicas em Argentina
title Equality of educational opportunities at public primary schools in Argentina
spellingShingle Equality of educational opportunities at public primary schools in Argentina
Adrogué, Cecilia
Inequality
Public Education
Equality of Opportunity
Argentina
title_short Equality of educational opportunities at public primary schools in Argentina
title_full Equality of educational opportunities at public primary schools in Argentina
title_fullStr Equality of educational opportunities at public primary schools in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Equality of educational opportunities at public primary schools in Argentina
title_sort Equality of educational opportunities at public primary schools in Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Adrogué, Cecilia
author Adrogué, Cecilia
author_facet Adrogué, Cecilia
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Inequality
Public Education
Equality of Opportunity
Argentina
topic Inequality
Public Education
Equality of Opportunity
Argentina
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.4
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dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This paper assesses the degree of equality of educational opportunities across Argentina's public primary schools. The main finding is that there are inequalities between jurisdictions, but even greater inequalities within them, suggesting the existence of serious problems in the distribution of resources at the sub-national level. Following the recommendations of the specialized literature, estimates of school quality and measures of disparity in educational opportunity were calculated. While school differences were found across provinces, even greater discrepancies were found among public schools located within provinces, which are responsible for the provision of primary education. Most importantly, inequality among public schools is found to be associated with factors that are considered socially unacceptable, such as the student's socio-economic status even among schools financed by the same governmental unit.
El presente trabajo analiza el grado de igualdad de oportunidades educativas en las escuelas primarias púbicas en Argentina y se encuentra que fallas a nivel sub-nacional pueden ser las culpables de su falta. Siguiendo la literatura, se estimaron medidas de calidad de las escuelas y se calculó la disparidad de las oportunidades educativas. Mientras que se encontraron diferencias entre provincias, todavía mayores diferencias se encontraron entre escuelas públicas localizadas en la misma provincia, que son las responsables de proveer la educación básica. Más importante aún, la desigualdad entre escuelas públicas se encuentra asociada a factores que se consideran socialmente inaceptables, como la situación socio-económica del estudiante, incluso entre escuelas financiadas por la misma unidad gubernamental.
Este trabalho avalia o grau de igualdade de oportunidades educacionais entre as escolas primárias públicas da Argentina e descobre que falhas ao nível sub-nacional pode ser o culpado por sua falta. Seguindo a literatura, são calculadas as estimativas de qualidade da escola e as medidas de disparidade de oportunidades educacionais. Embora as diferenças escolares fossem encontradas entre as províncias, ainda maiores discrepâncias foram encontradas entre as escolas públicas localizadas em províncias, que são responsáveis pela oferta de educação primária. Mais importante ainda, a desigualdade entre escolas públicas é encontrado para ser associada a fatores que são considerados socialmente inaceitáveis, como a situação sócio-econômica do aluno, mesmo entre escolas financiadas pela mesma unidade governamental.
Fil: Adrogué, Cecilia. Universidad de San Andres; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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