High School Education Tracking and Educational Inequality
From International Rules to Chinese Experience
1st Edition
Published on 23. May 2025
Book
Hardback
134 pages
978-1-041-03541-1 (ISBN)
Description
The book focuses on educational tracking at the high school level and explores its impact on educational inequality.
By constructing an analytical framework that combines macro and micro perspectives, the authors aim to provide a thorough analysis of the impact of educational tracking on inequality, offering new empirical evidence for international research on educational and social stratification. By revealing the institutional characteristics and unequal effects of high school educational tracking, the book provides empirical support for optimizing China's educational tracking policy and advancing the goal of educational equity.
The book will appeal to scholars and students of educational tracking, educational equity, and comparative education.
By constructing an analytical framework that combines macro and micro perspectives, the authors aim to provide a thorough analysis of the impact of educational tracking on inequality, offering new empirical evidence for international research on educational and social stratification. By revealing the institutional characteristics and unequal effects of high school educational tracking, the book provides empirical support for optimizing China's educational tracking policy and advancing the goal of educational equity.
The book will appeal to scholars and students of educational tracking, educational equity, and comparative education.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate and Professional Reference
Illustrations
4 s/w Abbildungen, 4 s/w Zeichnungen, 23 s/w Tabellen
23 Tables, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
391 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-041-03541-1 (9781041035411)
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Additional editions
Qian Zhao | Ajian Qian
High School Education Tracking and Educational Inequality
From International Rules to Chinese Experience
E-Book
05/2025
Routledge
€60.49
Available for download
Qian Zhao | Ajian Qian
High School Education Tracking and Educational Inequality
From International Rules to Chinese Experience
E-Book
05/2025
Routledge
€60.49
Available for download
Persons
Qian Zhao is Associate Professor at Beijing Normal University, China. Her research primarily focuses on educational evaluation and principal leadership. She has published more than 50 papers. She has authored, co-authored, and translated several books, and has also contributed to seven textbooks.
Ajian Qian is Lecturer at Faculty of Education, Guangxi Normal University, China, specializing in educational measurement, evaluation, and statistics. He is particularly engaged in research and work on quality monitoring of basic education.
Ajian Qian is Lecturer at Faculty of Education, Guangxi Normal University, China, specializing in educational measurement, evaluation, and statistics. He is particularly engaged in research and work on quality monitoring of basic education.
Content
1: The Global Landscape of High School Educational Tracking 2: International Conditions of High School Tracking and Educational Inequality 3: The Distribution of Educational Opportunities and Academic Inequality in China's Key High Schools 4: The Fairness Issue of China's Key Class System 5: Fairness Issues in China's Within-Class Grouping 6: Summary and Discussion