RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Effect of Tracking Students by Ability into Different Schools
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 684
OP 721
DO 10.3368/jhr.47.3.684
VO 47
IS 3
A1 Guyon, Nina
A1 Maurin, Eric
A1 McNally, Sandra
YR 2012
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/47/3/684.abstract
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.