Track placement and the development of cognitive and non-cognitive skills

Roxanne Korthals, Trudie Schils and Lex Borghans

Education Economics, 2022, vol. 30, issue 5, 540-559

Abstract: We investigate the effect of being in the high track for secondary school students on cognitive and non-cognitive skill outcomes. Dutch students are assigned to tracks at the end of elementary school based on a test score. We use this test score in a fuzzy regression discontinuity design to exploit the discontinuity in the probability to be assigned to the high track. Our results show that track placement influences cognitive outcomes positively, but leaves students with worse non-cognitive skills. Marginal students therefore face a tradeoff if they could choose the high track over the lower track.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2021.2010277

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