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Better together? Heterogeneous effects of tracking on student achievement
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Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin)
Abstract This study estimates mean and distributional effects of early between-school ability tracking on student achievement. For identification, I exploit heterogeneity in tracking regimes between German federal states. After comprehensive primary school, about 40% of students are selected for the academic... mehr
This study estimates mean and distributional effects of early between-school ability tracking on student achievement. For identification, I exploit heterogeneity in tracking regimes between German federal states. After comprehensive primary school, about 40% of students are selected for the academic track and taught in separate schools in all states. The remaining students, however, are either taught comprehensively or further tracked into two different school forms depending on the state. I estimate the effects of this tracking on students' mathematics and reading test scores with a difference-in-difference-in-differences estimator to eliminate unobserved heterogeneity in achievement levels and trends between states. I find substantial achievement gains from comprehensive versus tracked schooling at ages 10-12. These average effects are almost entirely driven by low-achievers. I do not find evidence for negative effects of comprehensive schooling on the achievement of higher performing students. My results show that decreasing the degree of tracking in early secondary school can reduce inequality while increasing the efficiency of educational production.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Schule; Schulübergang; Schulleistung; Leistungsbewertung; Schulwesen; Schulart; Heterogenität; Bundesrepublik Deutschland; regionaler Vergleich; Bildungsungleichheit
Klassifikation
Makroebene des Bildungswesens
Bildungs- und Erziehungssoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
tracking; triple differences
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2018
Erscheinungsort
Berlin
Seitenangabe
46 S.
Schriftenreihe
DIW Diskussionspapiere, 1775
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/190792
ISSN
1619-4535
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
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