Twenty years on – what can Pisa tell us about educational inequality in France and England
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11919239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann Margaret Doyle (0000-0002-0599-883X, Honorary Research Associate, Department of Education, Practice and Society, UCL Institute of Education, University College London, London, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 603-617 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7925 • E-ISSN: 1469-3623 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03057925.2021.1941773 |
| OpenAlex | W3175673980 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 36 |
This article examines French and English average performances and educational inequality in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) between 2000 and 2018. It asks why English average scores in 2018 are much higher than those of France when they were fairly similar in previous PISA assessments. It questions why the impact of socio-economic background on educational performance in England decreased while the reverse has been the case for France. This is all the more damning given the French republican espousal of égalité. It examines policies in both countries and analyses to what extent PISA has impacted on these. It argues that in England, policies of autonomy, accountability and competition, in line with the OECD and its own tradition of liberalism, have been implemented rigorously. In France, because of left-right oppositional dynamics and the role of embedded republican principles, the status quo has been maintained
Accountability · Autonomy · Competition (biology · Educational inequality · Inequality · Political science · Sociology · Status quo · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Parental Involvement in Education
Persistent inequality
Pisa 2018 Results (Volume I)
Education and State Formation
Knowledge and Skills for Life
Pisa 2018 Results (Volume II)
International comparisons of student attainment
Socioeconomic Status, School Quality, and National Economic Development
Equality of educational opportunity
Les nouvelles politiques éducatives
The political economy of educational reform in France and Britain
Educational performance or educational inequality
Towards an education approach à la finlandaise ? French education policy after Pisa
The creation of the Baccalaureat Professionnel
Pick ’n’ mix, select and project; policy borrowing and the quest for ‘world class’ schooling
Caesars and Rubicon
Social Inequalities in French Secondary Schools
The New Governance
Structure et dynamique de la ségrégation sociale dans les collèges parisiens
Les déterminants socio-spatiaux du placement scolaire
Social Class Differences in Family-School Relationships
The Effect of Primary-School Quality on Academic Achievement Across Twenty-nine High- and Low-Income Countries
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |