The Quality of Lower-Track Education: Evidence from Britain. Working Paper 30174

Autor/in	Clark, Damon
Institution	National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Titel	The Quality of Lower-Track Education: Evidence from Britain. Working Paper 30174
Quelle	(2022) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Track System (Education); Educational History; Educational Change; Salaries; Secondary School Students; Educational Quality; Outcomes of Education; Educational Policy; Educational Attainment; Labor Market; Employment Potential; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leistungsgruppe; Leistungsdifferenzierung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Bildungsreform; Entlohnung; Gehalt; Sekundarschüler; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	For much of the 20th century, British students were tracked into higher-track (for the "top" 20%) or lower-track (for the rest) secondary schools. Opponents of tracking contend that the lower-track schools in these systems will inevitably provide low-quality education. In this paper I examine this claim using a 1947 reform that increased the minimum school leaving age from 14 to 15. First, I show that over 95% of the students affected by the reform ("compliers") attended lower-track schools. Second, using new data, I show that for both men and women, the additional schooling induced by the reform had close to zero impact on a range of labor market outcomes including earnings. Third, I show that lower-track schools featured, among other things, large classes and a curriculum that promoted practical education. I conclude that my findings shed new light on the potential consequences of educational tracking. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01