We examine segregation of low-achieving, immigrant, and low-socioeconomic status students (grades 1–12), across 5,000 Portuguese public schools in all 278 mainland municipalities, over a decade (2006/07-2016/17). The density-corrected dissimilarity index is used to assess school-segregation within municipalities and class-segregation within schools, the latter a segregation dimension under-explored in the liter...
This paper focuses on the territorial distribution of students, in Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA), with an immigrant background enrolling in the 3rd cycle of basic education in Portugal and on the differences in the academic performance of students attending the last year of this cycle, considering their birthplace. Differences are examined by estimating several linear regression models using as dependent varia...
This paper focuses on the territorial distribution of students, in Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA), with an immigrant background enrolling in the 3rd cycle of basic education in Portugal and on the differences in the academic performance of students attending the last year of this cycle, considering their birthplace. Differences are examined by estimating several linear regression models using as dependent varia...