The paper extends the literature on grade repetition in Brazil by (a) describing and
synthesizing the main research findings and contributions since 1940, (b) enlarging the
understanding of the inequity mechanism in education, and (c) providing new findings
on the effects of the school socioeconomic composition and school proportion
of repeaters on the individual probability of grade repetition. Based on the analyses of
empirical distributions and multilevel logistic modelling of PISA 2012 data, the findings
indicate that higher student socioeconomic status is associated with lower probability
of repetition, there is a cumulative risk of repetition after an early repetition, the
school socioeconomic composition is strongly correlated with the school proportion
of repeaters, and both are related to the individual probability of repetition. The results
suggest the existence of a pattern that cumulatively reinforces the effects of social
disadvantage, in which the school plays a central role.
FERRAO Maria Eugenia;
DINIS MOTA DA COSTA Patricia;
ABUD SEABRA MATOS Daniel;
2017-05-05
Springer
JRC105750
2196-0739,
https://largescaleassessmentsineducation.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40536-017-0036-8,
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC105750,
10.1186/s40536-017-0036-8,
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