@techreport{Galindo-Rueda2004Heterogeneous,
abstract = {Previous work by the authors suggested that during the 1970s and 1980s, a person?s early
cognitive ability became a less important determinant of his or her eventual educational
achievement. Furthermore, over the same time period, family background started to have a
greater impact on a person?s achievement. Given that this coincided with the gradual demise
of the British selective grammar school system, it would seem that the role of selection
(ability tracking) in the school system merits further investigation. This paper explores the
inter-relationship between school selection, ability and educational achievement. Our
regression and matching results indicate that the most able pupils in the selective school
system did do better than those of similar ability in the mixed ability school system. We do not
find evidence of significant negative effects of tracking for low/middle ability students.},
author = {Fernando Galindo-Rueda and Anna Vignoles},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {I2; 330; education reforms; selection; tracking; ability; Allgemeinbildende Schule; Bildungsreform; Bildungsniveau; Kognition; Familiensoziologie; Sch\"{a}tzung; Grossbritannien},
language = {eng},
number = {1245},
title = {The Heterogeneous Effect of Selection in Secondary Schools : Understanding the Changing Role of Ability},
type = {IZA Discussion paper series},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20509},
year = {2004}
}
