In this paper, we explore the impact of birth month on the academic achievement in Spanish Language and Mathematics of primary students in grades 2, 4, and 6 in Cantabria County, in the academic years of 2009-2014. The findings show that students born in late-autumn months scored lower than their classmates, suffering, therefore, from the disadvantage of being relative younger. In general, results show that students born at the end of the year have worse academic performance and an increased probability for low student achievement, after controlling gender, grade repetition, and average school results. We insist on the importance of modifying compulsory school age grouping as well as applying a flexible date exam policy (evaluation criteria) to ensure that relative outcomes for younger children are not impacted by birth month.
En la presente investigación se realizan análisis cuantitativos para establecer las posibles diferencias entre los resultados de todos los centros -públicos y privados-, obtenidos en el bachillerato y en la Prueba de Acceso a la Universidad (PAU) por la totalidad del alumnado que se presentó a las PAU, en Asturias, entre los años 2004 y 2008. Se concluye que, efectivamente, existen diferencias de resultados, diferencias entre asignaturas (departamentos) y entre centros. Se plantean hipótesis de trabajo sobre las diferencias intracentro e intercentro, más allá de la dualidad público-privado.
Studies dealing with factors which have an influence on students outcomes are reviewed, teacher variables and teacher training are among their most common findings to influence school achievement. This study analyses the variable in-service teacher training on students? academic achievement. The analysis levels are departments and schools, being department the level where the relation among variables is more significative. There are significative correlations between the in-service teacher training in their own subject and the subject pedagogy in 50% of the analysed departments. In-service teacher training is recommended to be organized, taking into account these differences (context, teacher variables, in- service teacher training variables) among departments, schools and districts to compensate the unequal school variables.
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