Michael Sciffer
Biographic Data
| ID | 5797192 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Sciffer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Sciffer |
| SIGNATURE | SCIFFER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Murdoch University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2552-8840 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Socioeconomic and Indigenous school segregation in Australia: The role of institutional differentiation and fees
School segregation is an international problem undermining the performance and equity of education systems. Australia's secondary schooling system offers international insights into the causes of segregation owing to it being one of the most segregated in the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development, its long history of school competition and privatisation, and a lack of government regulation of the fees, enrolment and exclusion pol…
The impact of marketization on school segregation and educational equity and effectiveness: Evidence from Australia and Canada
While marketization has been promoted as a mechanism for improving educational equity and effectiveness, substantial evidence suggests that it may have the opposite effect. We contribute to this debate by examining educational equity and effectiveness in two similar countries that have embraced educational marketization to different degrees. Drawing on data from the Program for International Student Assessment and a causal-comparative design, we …
The Systemic Inefficiency of Australian Schools: A Policy and Measurement Review
Entrenched social inequalities mean that Australia's schooling system is far from achieving the Alice Spring's (Mparntwe) Education Declaration's equity goal. This is associated with Australian schools being among the most socially segregated within the OECD. The Federal government's Productivity Commission has identified that the concentration of disadvantaged students into disadvantaged schools is a systemic inefficiency impeding student learni…
Does school socioeconomic composition matter more in some countries than others, and if so, why
International research has consistently found that the socioeconomic segregation of schools may worsen inequalities in schooling outcomes through the socioeconomic compositional effect. This study examines whether the socioeconomic compositional effect varies between developed countries and potential mechanisms by which national schooling systems moderate its effect. The results suggest that the socioeconomic compositional effect does vary betwee…
Appropriate modelling of school compositional effects: A response to Malatinszky and Armor, and Marks
We respond to Malatinszky and Armor’s, and Marks’ comments on our article recently published in this journal. We agree with Marks in the use of prior achievement to control for spurious effects in school effects research. Marks makes an incorrect statement about our article, refers to dated critiques, and presents an empirical demonstration with some problems. We agree with Malatinszky and Armor that school composition may have sufficient within-…
Critiques of socio-economic school compositional effects: Are they valid
School socio-economic compositional (SEC) effects have been influential in educational research predicting a range of outcomes and influencing public policy. However, some recent studies have challenged the veracity of SEC effects when applying residualised-change and fixed effects models and simulating potential measurement errors in hierarchical regression models. We review the residualised change and fixed effects methods in critical studies a…
Does school socioeconomic composition matter more in some countries than others, and if so, why
International research has consistently found that the socioeconomic segregation of schools may worsen inequalities in schooling outcomes through the socioeconomic compositional effect. This study examines whether the socioeconomic compositional effect varies between developed countries and potential mechanisms by which national schooling systems moderate its effect. The results suggest that the socioeconomic compositional effect does vary betwee…
The impact of marketization on school segregation and educational equity and effectiveness: Evidence from Australia and Canada
While marketization has been promoted as a mechanism for improving educational equity and effectiveness, substantial evidence suggests that it may have the opposite effect. We contribute to this debate by examining educational equity and effectiveness in two similar countries that have embraced educational marketization to different degrees. Drawing on data from the Program for International Student Assessment and a causal-comparative design, we …
Critiques of socio-economic school compositional effects: Are they valid
School socio-economic compositional (SEC) effects have been influential in educational research predicting a range of outcomes and influencing public policy. However, some recent studies have challenged the veracity of SEC effects when applying residualised-change and fixed effects models and simulating potential measurement errors in hierarchical regression models. We review the residualised change and fixed effects methods in critical studies a…
Appropriate modelling of school compositional effects: A response to Malatinszky and Armor, and Marks
We respond to Malatinszky and Armor’s, and Marks’ comments on our article recently published in this journal. We agree with Marks in the use of prior achievement to control for spurious effects in school effects research. Marks makes an incorrect statement about our article, refers to dated critiques, and presents an empirical demonstration with some problems. We agree with Malatinszky and Armor that school composition may have sufficient within-…
Socioeconomic and Indigenous school segregation in Australia: The role of institutional differentiation and fees
School segregation is an international problem undermining the performance and equity of education systems. Australia's secondary schooling system offers international insights into the causes of segregation owing to it being one of the most segregated in the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development, its long history of school competition and privatisation, and a lack of government regulation of the fees, enrolment and exclusion pol…
Critiques of socio-economic school compositional effects: Are they valid
School socio-economic compositional (SEC) effects have been influential in educational research predicting a range of outcomes and influencing public policy. However, some recent studies have challenged the veracity of SEC effects when applying residualised-change and fixed effects models and simulating potential measurement errors in hierarchical regression models. We review the residualised change and fixed effects methods in critical studies a…
Does school socioeconomic composition matter more in some countries than others, and if so, why
International research has consistently found that the socioeconomic segregation of schools may worsen inequalities in schooling outcomes through the socioeconomic compositional effect. This study examines whether the socioeconomic compositional effect varies between developed countries and potential mechanisms by which national schooling systems moderate its effect. The results suggest that the socioeconomic compositional effect does vary betwee…
Appropriate modelling of school compositional effects: A response to Malatinszky and Armor, and Marks
We respond to Malatinszky and Armor’s, and Marks’ comments on our article recently published in this journal. We agree with Marks in the use of prior achievement to control for spurious effects in school effects research. Marks makes an incorrect statement about our article, refers to dated critiques, and presents an empirical demonstration with some problems. We agree with Malatinszky and Armor that school composition may have sufficient within-…
The Systemic Inefficiency of Australian Schools: A Policy and Measurement Review
Entrenched social inequalities mean that Australia's schooling system is far from achieving the Alice Spring's (Mparntwe) Education Declaration's equity goal. This is associated with Australian schools being among the most socially segregated within the OECD. The Federal government's Productivity Commission has identified that the concentration of disadvantaged students into disadvantaged schools is a systemic inefficiency impeding student learni…
Socioeconomic and Indigenous school segregation in Australia: The role of institutional differentiation and fees
School segregation is an international problem undermining the performance and equity of education systems. Australia's secondary schooling system offers international insights into the causes of segregation owing to it being one of the most segregated in the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development, its long history of school competition and privatisation, and a lack of government regulation of the fees, enrolment and exclusion pol…
The impact of marketization on school segregation and educational equity and effectiveness: Evidence from Australia and Canada
While marketization has been promoted as a mechanism for improving educational equity and effectiveness, substantial evidence suggests that it may have the opposite effect. We contribute to this debate by examining educational equity and effectiveness in two similar countries that have embraced educational marketization to different degrees. Drawing on data from the Program for International Student Assessment and a causal-comparative design, we …
School Choice and Performance (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Education Systems and Policy (3 works) · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies (3 works) · Socioeconomic status (3 works) · Composition (language (2 works)