Hanushek, Eric, & Woessmann, Ludger
Researchers: Eric HanushekLudger Woessmann
University Affiliation: Standord University
Email: hanushek@stanford.edu
Research Question:
Estimate the tracking effects in the differences in outcomes between primary and secondary school across tracked and non-tracked systems in the world.
Published: 1
Journal Name or Institutional Affiliation: The Economic Journal
Journal Entry: Vol. 116, pp. 63-76
Year: 2006
Findings:
- Early tracking increases educational inequality.
- While less clear, there is also a tendency for early tracking to reduce mean performance.
- Variation in performance , measured in a variety of ways, tends to increase across levels of schooling when a country employs early tracking.
- Both high and low achievers lose from tracking. The net impact comes from the differential impacts on different parts of the distribution.