Assessments like PISA-VET risk reinforcing inequalities in VET if underlying socioeconomic inequities are unaddressed¶

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q1 i? Because VET disproportionately serves students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, PISA-VET could unintentionally perpetuate inequalities by highlighting underperformance without addressing root causes such as funding disparities. → Dragos Iliescu 2025

Evidence¶

Dragos Iliescu 2025¶

Dragos Iliescu, Samuel Greiff & Andrei Ion. (2025). Evidence based approaches for enhancing vocational education worldwide. npj Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00317-2

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The article's challenge analysis (type e) argues VET students may already be disadvantaged through "lack of social capital, lower academic achievement in earlier years, or fewer post-secondary opportunities", and that gender disparities intersect with socioeconomic status in VET enrollment and outcomes.

"Without accounting for these underlying inequities, assessments like PISA-VET could reinforce negative percep tions of VET systems that serve disadvantaged populations, rath er than highlighting the need for structural reforms"

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