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Barrier, Emilie; Munck, Ingrid – Prospects, 1992
Describes procedures needed to analyze large-scale databases. Presents two examples of how French educational researchers have utilized data from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) studies of mathematics and reading literacy. Includes one table and three figures illustrating these techniques. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Evaluation

Englund, Tomas – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1994
Discusses recent, Swedish, educational, restructuring trends that shift away from a view of education as a public good to view as a private good. Concludes that education should be a criterion of citizenship rights and necessary to shape the public good. (CFR)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Citizen Role, Citizenship, Civil Rights

Ishida, Hiroshi; And Others – American Journal of Sociology, 1995
Examines three themes about the relationship among class origin, education, and class destination in 10 industrial nations. Finds that the patterns of association between class origin and education and between education and class destination are similar across the nations. Presents implications for the study of comparative macrosociology. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment