The effects of early tracking on student performance: Evidence from a school reform in Bavaria

Marc Piopiunik ()

Economics of Education Review, 2014, vol. 42, issue C, 12-33

Abstract: This paper evaluates a school reform in Bavaria that moved the timing of tracking in low- and middle-track schools from grade 6 to grade 4; students in high-track schools were not affected. To eliminate state-specific and school-type-specific shocks, I estimate a triple-differences model using three PISA waves. The results indicate that the reform reduced the performance of 15-year-old students both in low- and middle-track schools. Further evidence suggests that the share of very low-performing students increased in low-track schools.

Keywords: I20; I21; I24; Tracking; Student performance; PISA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2014.06.002

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