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The Heterogeneous Effect of Selection in Secondary Schools : Understanding the Changing Role of Ability

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dc.creator Galindo-Rueda, Fernando
dc.creator Vignoles, Anna
dc.date 2004
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:10:50Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:10:50Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20509
dc.identifier ppn:393558894
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20509
dc.description Previous work by the authors suggested that during the 1970s and 1980s, a person?s early cognitive ability became a less important determinant of his or her eventual educational achievement. Furthermore, over the same time period, family background started to have a greater impact on a person?s achievement. Given that this coincided with the gradual demise of the British selective grammar school system, it would seem that the role of selection (ability tracking) in the school system merits further investigation. This paper explores the inter-relationship between school selection, ability and educational achievement. Our regression and matching results indicate that the most able pupils in the selective school system did do better than those of similar ability in the mixed ability school system. We do not find evidence of significant negative effects of tracking for low/middle ability students.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 1245
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject I2
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject education reforms
dc.subject selection
dc.subject tracking
dc.subject ability
dc.subject Allgemeinbildende Schule
dc.subject Bildungsreform
dc.subject Bildungsniveau
dc.subject Kognition
dc.subject Familiensoziologie
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Grossbritannien
dc.title The Heterogeneous Effect of Selection in Secondary Schools : Understanding the Changing Role of Ability
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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