Nabeshima, Kaoru2014-04-252014-04-252003-09https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18058The author seeks to broaden our understanding of the determinants of student achievement among East Asian economies using the TIMSS-R data set and, in the process, to remedy some of the ambiguities in the literature to date. These ambiguities are frequently due to the sparseness of detailed data on students, teachers, and schools. The TIMSS-R data set offers detailed information on these variables, which is not typically available from other sources, allowing the author to isolate the impact of various factors affecting student achievement, while controlling for specific characteristics of the students, teachers, and schools surveyed. The results indicate that the most consistent factors affecting student performance are characteristics associated with students (innate abilities and home resources). Moreover, the author does not find any consistent relationship between the performance of students and school resources or teacher autonomy, both of which are often advocated in the discussion of education reform.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACHIEVEMENTSADMISSION POLICIESAGE GROUPATTENTIONCERTIFIED TEACHERSCLASS SIZECLASS SIZESCLASSROOM SIZECOMPULSORY EDUCATIONCURRICULACURRICULUMDECENTRALIZATIONDECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATIONDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING REGIONSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMICS OF EDUCATIONEDUCATION LEVELEDUCATION POLICIESEDUCATION QUALITYEDUCATION REFORMEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION STANDARDSEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTEDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTEDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIESEDUCATIONAL OUTCOMEEDUCATIONAL POLICYELEMENTARY SCHOOLSEMPIRICAL STUDIESEMPLOYMENTENROLLMENTENROLLMENT RATEFAMILIESFEMALE TEACHERSFREE EDUCATIONGENDERGENDER DIFFERENCEGIRLSGROSS ENROLLMENTGROSS ENROLLMENT RATESHIGH ACHIEVEMENTHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINITIAL SCHOOLINGLABOR FORCELANGUAGE SKILLSLEARNINGLEARNING ENVIRONMENTLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLIBRARIESLOCAL AUTHORITIESLOCAL COMMUNITIESLOCAL EDUCATIONLOCAL LEVELMOBILITYMOTHERSMOTIVATIONNATIONAL EDUCATIONNATIONAL EDUCATION STANDARDSOCCUPATIONAL CHOICEOCCUPATIONSPAPERSPARENTSPERCEPTIONPOOR PERFORMANCEPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERSPRINCIPALSPROFESSIONSPUBLIC SCHOOLSQUALIFIED TEACHERSQUALITY OF EDUCATIONREADERSSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURESCHOOL MANAGEMENTSCHOOL MANAGEMENT INITIATIVESCHOOL QUALITYSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSCIENCE EDUCATIONSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSSTANDARDIZED TESTSSTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENT DATASTUDENT PERFORMANCETEACHERTEACHER CHARACTERISTICSTEACHER QUALITYTEACHER SALARIESTEACHER TRAININGTEACHERSTEACHINGTEACHING MATERIALSTEACHING METHODSTEACHING PROFESSIONTEACHING STYLESTEST SCORESTEXTBOOKSTHINKINGTUTORINGUNIVERSITY EDUCATIONURBAN AREASVOCATIONAL TRAININGVOUCHERSWORKPLACE SECONDARY EDUCATIONQUALITY OF EDUCATIONSTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTEDUCATIONAL REFORMSTEST STATISTICSCLASS SIZETEACHER QUALIFICATIONSTEACHER RECRUITMENTTEACHER SALARIESPERFORMANCE INCENTIVESCOMPETITIVENESSDECENTRALIZATIONAUTONOMYEDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONSMATHEMATICS CURRICULUMMATHEMATICS EDUCATIONSCIENCE CURRICULUMSCIENCE EDUCATIONSECONDARY EDUCATIONWORKPLACE10.1596/1813-9450-3140