The Evolution of School Failure Risk During the 2000 Decade in Spain: Analysis of PISA Results with a Two-Level Logistic Model

Abstract

School failure has been one of the principal problems of the Spanish educational system during recent decades. This paper offers a perspective of the evolution of the factors that have had a significant influence over the risk of school failure considering personal, household and school characteristics through multilevel logistic regression analyses of PISA 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2009 microdata.

El fracaso escolar ha sido uno de los principales problemas del sistema educativo español durante las últimas décadas. Este trabajo ofrece una perspectiva de la evolución en los factores que tienen una influencia significativa sobre el riesgo de fracaso escolar considerando características personales, familiares y de las escuelas por medio de un análisis de regresión con un modelo logístico multinivel para los micro datos de PISA 2000, 2003, 2006 y 2009.