YILDIRIM, Kamil Aksaray Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi - Eğitim Bilimleri Bölümü, Turkey

THE MAIN DETERMINANTS OF THE QUALITY OFEDUCATION IN TURKEY IN ACCORDANCE TO PISA 2006DATA

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This study aims at detecting the main factors of educational quality and their power ofpredicting the educational outcomes. Population of the study is fifteen year old students informal education in Turkey. Sample is composed of 4.942 students in 160 schools that areselected by stratification and random methods from seven geographical regions and 51provinces across Turkey. As a descriptive survey model, the data of PISA 2006 are used inthis study. According to the research results involving factor and regression analysis, fourfactors shape the educational quality. These factors and their estimation levels are asfollowed: the factor of home and parent related features (52 %), the factor of student relatedfeatures (14 %), the factor of teaching process related features (6 %),the factor ofinstitutional environment related features (1,4 %).

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Educational Quality , PISA , Panel Data , Factor , Educational Outcom

Journal Of Turkish Educational Sciences

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