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Carmo Seabra
Researcher at Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Publications - 12
Citations - 63
Carmo Seabra is an academic researcher from Universidade Nova de Lisboa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Higher education & Closure (psychology). The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 12 publications receiving 43 citations.
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Predictors of student success in Higher Education: secondary school internal scores versus national exams
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors acknowledge financial support from Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCTC), PTDC/IIM-ECO/6813/2014 and Social Sciences Data Lab project 22209.
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The publication of school rankings: A step toward increased accountability?
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of the publication of school rankings based on students' scores on national exams on the performance of Portugal's public and private schools were investigated and the authors found that after the rankings publication, fewer students enroll in schools that are rated poorly and the probability of closure of these schools increases.
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Correcting for sample problems in PISA and the improvement in Portuguese students’ performance
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that the temporal evolution of the PISA scores is quite different from the one reported by the actual population in terms of the distribution of students per grade and track of studies.
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Student Selection and Performance in Higher Education: Admission Exams vs. High School Scores.
Abstract: In many countries, students are selected into higher education institutions based on their achievement at high school, measured by scores given by their teachers and obtained on final national exam
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Public and Private school management systems: A Comparative analysis
Carmo Seabra,Marta Rosado +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the impact of different property and management schemes on the performance of students in Portugal's private versus public schools and concluded that the benefits of state funded versus strictly public schools are unclear.