A Set of Equity Indicators of the European Education Systems.

Marc Demeuse (1)

1 INAS - Institut d'Administration scolaire

Based upon the common framework of indicators introduced by Meuret a multi-dimensional typology of educational systems in Europe, regarding their level of equity, has been developed. The typology is built on a four dimensional space related to four main topics summarised by the following questions: - How important are the inequalities within each education system? - What are the benefits linked to education in the various countries? - In which extent do the different educational systems have got a developing role or a reducing role of the background inequalities? - In which extent do the educational inequalities benefit to the disadvantaged and favour the social mobility? Mapping the results allow to show on the same document the occupied position of each education system in the typologies and the relative position of each education system according to its neighbours. This exercise illustrates how difficult it is to answer the simple question "which education system is the most or the less equitable?". On the opposite, it shows how it is interesting to take into account the different dimensions in order to re-think policies not in simple terms, but in terms of complex interactions and systems. It shows also, based on data and not only on a priori, different models of educational systems, like the Nordic one or the central European one, regarding the central topic of equity.

Mots clés: equity; indicators

Mots clés: équité; indicateur

Domaines: Education

Marc Demeuse. A Set of Equity Indicators of the European Education Systems.: A synthesis.. L. Moreno Herrera and G. Francia. Educational Policies. Implications for Equity, Equality and Equivalence, Örebro (Sweden): Örebro University, pp.44-57, 2004, Reports from the Department of Education. ⟨halshs-00596590⟩