Primary and Secondary Education

  • A large part of ROA’s educational research concerns primary and/or secondary education. In this theme, ROA investigates, for example, pupil performance, the organisation of the educational sector, teacher training and development, and the effects of educational innovations and changes. These analyses provide important insights for practitioners, policymakers and academia alike. Examples include studies into the consequences of COVID-19 for education, projects focused on the teacher shortages, research into early predictors of school success, and research into AI in education.

    ROA has a wealth of expertise in these sectors, drawing on a range of disciplines. Our teams of researchers combine expertise from sociological, educational, psychological and economic backgrounds, enabling a multidisciplinary approach to these topics.

    ROA has various projects on primary and secondary education, both within Education Lab and within the Education, Skills and Educational Transitions research programme, as well as within the Health, Skills and Inequality research programme. Large, long-term projects include the Amsterdam Education Network (ONA) and the Netherlands Cohort Study on Education (NCO).

  • Related projects

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    The Netherlands Cohort Study on Education

    The Netherlands Cohort Study on Education (NCO) uses longitudinal register data on track placement of cohorts of students in primary and secondary education. This study is instigated and financed by the Netherlands Organization for…

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    Project Onderwijs-Arbeidsmarkt (POA)

    This project focuses on the match between education and occupation, the substitution processes in the labour market, and generates the mid-term forecasts for the labour market perspectives for about 100 educational programmes and occupations,…

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    Longitudinal Educational Achievements: Reducing iNequalities (LEARN)

    The LEARN (Longitudinal Educational Achievements: Reducing Inequalities) project adopts a longitudinal approach to shed light on patterns of inequality. By examining short-, medium-, and long-term trends, LEARN aims to support educational…

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    BRIDGE - Building Resilient Individuals through Effective Gradual Educational Transitions

    BRIDGE is an impact-driven project that aims to build resilient individuals through effective educational transition by formulating robust policy recommendations on education and training policies, the efficient use of public resources and…

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    Teacher Lab (LerarenLab)

    How can we make the teaching profession more attractive? And how can we recruit and retain more — and better — teachers? These questions are at the heart of our Teacher Lab. Together with teachers, school leaders, and researchers,…

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    Language Lab (TaalLab)

    How can we ensure that all children in the Netherlands develop strong language skills — the foundation for learning, participation in society, and equal opportunities? This question lies at the heart of our Language Lab. Together with…

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    Onderwijs Kennisnetwerk Amsterdam (ONA)

    How can Amsterdam build a sustainable knowledge infrastructure that helps schools find, use, and create evidence to improve learning? That question sits at the heart of ONA. The network connects schools, school boards, researchers, and the…

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    Enabling a promising transition from elementary to secondary education for students with language difficulties

    This project aims to gain further insight into how pupils with language deficits can be provided with long-term support in an intervention that transcends primary and secondary education. In this study, Cooperation coalitions (primary and…

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    Equal opportunities in tracking advice using dashboard support

    Dutch education system, both at the national level and within schools. Traditionally, the selection moment takes place at the end of primary school (6th grade), where a tracking advice is formulated based on the teacher’s recommendation,…

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    Refining pandemic strategies for schools: Multiscale modeling of their societal & public health impact [RE-PASS]

    Schools are hotspots for transmission of newly emerging respiratory pathogens and are among the primary targets for pandemic measures. The decision on school interventions, such as closures, has been contentious due to their threat to…

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    Flexibility of Educational Systems and Social Inequality in Educational Outcomes

    Several aspects of the flexibility of educational systems such as external (end-of-phase adjustment: stacking degrees) or internal (within-phase adjustment: dealing with misallocation by track mobility, retaining grades, acceleration or…

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    Alternatives for Retention (AlteR)

    Within any given class in primary and secondary education, there is typically considerable variation among students (e.g., academic skills, psychosocial skills, learning tempo, interests, motivation, intellectual ability, values, SES). This…

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