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| Will the RuralUrban Gap in K12 School Continue in University: An Empirical Case Study of Students Academic Performance |
| LU Xiao-Dong, YU Xiao-Lei, CHEN Hu, HUANG Xiao-Ting |
| (1. China Institute for Educational Finance Research,Peking University; 2. Department of Philosophy, Peking University; 3. Office of Educational Administration, Peking University,Beijing 100871,China) |
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Abstract This is an empirical study on university entrance fairness and student academic performance gap between urban and rural students using University As 2004 to 2009 grade cohort data. The results show that in these six cohorts, the proportion of rural students was between 10-15%。Comparing with the national rural population ratio, the rural student admission opportunity was much lower than desired. In addition, the academic performance of urban student group was much better than their rural peers. The ruralurban academic performance gap was constantly found from their first year in university till graduation. Rural students in University A are disadvantaged and need additional help. It is not enough for us only to focus on university entrance fairness. The policies aiming at narrowing ruralurban students achievement gap should be extended to K12 schools and university education.
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2016, Vol. 10 
