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YEAR
2018
SUBJECT
[RR2018-02] Korean Education Longitudinal Study 2018 
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RR2018-02_Abstract.pdf   RR2018-02_Abstract.pdf  
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TITLE
[RR2018-02] Korean Education Longitudinal Study 2018
AUTHOR(S)
Namgung, Jeeyeong
KEYWORDS
Korean Education Longitudinal Study 2005, Korean Education Longitudinal Study 2013, Comparison between cohorts, Educational gap, Academic achievement, Entering high school
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RR2018-02

Korean Education Longitudinal Study 2018

Educational Experiences and Outcomes of Korean Middle School Students (Ⅲ):

Comparison of Two 10-year Cycle Cohorts



The main purpose of this research is to establish effective measures to support Korean middle school students’ growth and development by comparing changes of middle school students’ educational experiences and outcomes for the last ten years while the government has been implementing diverse educational policies. Also, the research overviews how influences from a family’s social and economic status, one of the representative family background factors, impact a student’s academic achievement and high school entrance have changed for the last ten years and analyzes what other student’s personal and school factors exist.

Ultimately, this study aims to seek appropriate educational policies to reduce the gap of academic achievement and gap in quality of high school entrance among middle school students according to one’s family background. For this research, we extracted and utilized data from two cohort groups studies;

Korean Education Longitudinal Study 2005 Cohort 1~3rd Grade of Middle School Students(2005~2007) and 2013 Cohort 1~3rd Grade of Middle School Students (2015~2017) which have been collected for the last ten years.