Mixing versus sorting: Entering top universities

Sunku Hahn, Taeyoon Sung and Jisun Baek

Economics Letters, 2008, vol. 100, issue 1, pages 43-46

Abstract: Ten cities in Korea have recently changed their high school system from "sorting" to "mixing" where students are assigned regardless of their academic abilities. We report that the number of high school graduates entering top universities has significantly decreased after the change.

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