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Does Educational Tracking Affect Performance and Inequality? Differences‐ in‐Differences Evidence Across Countries
Abstract
Even though some countries track students into differing‐ability schools by age 10, others keep their entire secondary‐school system comprehensive. To estimate the effects of such institutional differences in the face of country heterogeneity, we employ an international differences‐in‐differences approach. We identify tracking effects by comparing differences in outcome between primary and secondary school across tracked and non‐tracked systems. Six international student assessments provide eight pairs of achievement contrasts for between 18 and 26 cross‐country comparisons. The results suggest that early tracking increases educational inequality. While less clear, there is also a tendency for early tracking to reduce mean performance.
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- Authors
- Hanushek, E. A., & W ößmann, L.
- Venue
- The Economic Journal
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2006-02-28
- Volume
- 116
- Issue
- 510
- Pages
- C63-C76
- ISSN
- 0013-0133 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-0297
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- W3122436209
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- 1,040
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 151.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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