Does Educational Tracking Affect Performance and Inequality? Differences- in-Differences Evidence Across Countries

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 ap...

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Published in:	The Economic journal (London) 2006-03, Vol.116 (510), p.C63-C76
Main Authors:	Hanushek, Eric A., W ößmann, Ludger
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Ability Ability grouping Academic achievement Academic success Achievement tests Age differences Comparative analysis Countries Cross-national analysis Economics of education Education policy Educational inequality Elementary schools Equal education Family background Foreign students High school students Inequality International students Manycountries Mathematics tests Returns to education Schooling Schools Secondary school students Secondary schools Special Session on Education Inequality Standard deviation Statistical significance Studies Tracking
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