PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nina Guyon
AU  - Eric Maurin
AU  - Sandra McNally
TI  - The Effect of Tracking Students by Ability into Different Schools
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.47.3.684
DP  - 2012 Jul 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 684--721
VI  - 47
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/47/3/684.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/47/3/684.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2012 Jul 01; 47
AB  - The tracking of pupils by ability into elite and nonelite schools represents a controversial policy in many countries. There is no consensus on how large the elite track should be and little agreement on the effects of any further increase in its size. This paper presents a natural experiment where the increase in the size of the elite track was followed by a significant improvement in average educational outcomes. This experiment provides a rare opportunity to isolate the overall effect of allowing entry to the elite track for a group that was previously only at the margin of being admitted.