Expert seminar on “Migrant education indicators” Budapest, 17-18 September 2012

1. Analysis of European
core indicators on education
Dirk JACOBS
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Susana BATISTA
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Expert seminar on “Migrant education indicators”
Budapest, 17-18 September 2012

2. In the EU Integration Indicators EUROSTAT PILOT study the following
indicators were withheld with regard to education:
-Share of low-achieving 15-year-olds in reading, mathematics and science
(Source: OECD PISA)
-Highest educational attainment (Source: EU Labour Force Survey)
-Share of 30–34-year-olds with tertiary educational attainment (Source: EU
Labour Force Survey)
-Share of early leavers from education and training (Source: EU Labour
Force Survey)
Caveat: PISA nor LFS designed to study migrant educational integration

3. Proportion all pupils in PISA-samples of EU-countries not reaching the
minimal level two for reading (PISA 2009)

4. Proportion all pupils in PISA-samples not reaching the minimal level two for reading and
proportion of GDP spent on education in 2009

5. Proportion all pupils in PISA-samples not reaching the minimal level two for reading and
the Hutchens index for social segregation (calculated on PISA 2009 data)
S 
 pi  pi ri 
H = ∑   − × 
i =1  P  P R

6. Proportion of foreign born not reaching the minimal level two for reading PISA 2009

7. Proportion of foreign born not reaching the minimal level two for reading (PISA 2009) and
the average socio-economic position of the foreign born

8. Foreign born low achieving 15 year olds in reading gap (in percentage points,
reference group: corresponding total population)

9. Foreign born low achieving 15 year olds in reading gap in percentage points, reference
group: corresponding total population (blue) and native population (green)

10. Gap between % low achieving foreign students and national students in reading (PISA, 2009)
and MIPEX III score for education:

11. Gap between % low achieving foreign students and overall population in reading
(PISA, 2009) and average socio-economic position of population (ESCS-index PISA)

12. Gap in socio-economic position between foreign born and natives and gap
between foreign born low achievers and general population for reading

13. Share of the overall population holding a tertiary degree and the
share of the EU foreign born population holding a tertiary degree
(LFS, 2009)

14. Share of the overall population holding a tertiary degree and the share of the non-
EU foreign born population holding a tertiary degree (LFS, 2009)

15. Share of the overall population holding a tertiary degree (LFS, 2009) and the
Hutchens index of social segregation in secondary education (PISA, 2009)

16. Share of the overall population holding a tertiary degree (LFS, 2009) and public
expenditure on education in percentage points of the GDP (2009)

17. Share of the 30-34 years old in the overall population holding a
tertiary degree and the share of the EU-27 foreign born 30-34 year old
population holding a tertiary degree (LFS, 2009)

18. Share of the 30-34 years old in the overall population holding a tertiary
degree and the share of the non-EU foreign born 30-34 year old
population holding a tertiary degree (LFS, 2009)

19. Share of the 30-34 years old in the overall population holding a tertiary degree and
the share of the non-EU foreign born 30-34 year old population holding a tertiary
degree (LFS, 2009)