Double standards in educational standards. Do schools with a disadvantaged student body grade more leniently?

Autor/inn/en	Himmlerm, Oliver; Schwager, Robert
Titel	Double standards in educational standards. Do schools with a disadvantaged student body grade more leniently? Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Doppelte Bildungsstandards. Benoten Schulen mit einer benachteiligten Schülerschaft großzügiger?
Quelle	In: German economic review, 14 (2013) 2, S. 166-189 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1465-6485; 1468-0475
DOI	10.1111/j.1468-0475.2012.00563.x
Schlagwörter	Sozialer Faktor; Bildungsstandards; Schulpolitik; Allgemein bildendes Schulwesen; Sekundarbereich; Schüler; Abschlussprüfung; Leistungsbeurteilung; Sozialer Status; Sozialstruktur; Auswirkung; Dezentralisierung; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Niederlande
Abstract	A simple model of decentralized graduation standards is presented. It is shown that a school whose students are disadvantaged on the labor market applies less demanding standards because such students have lower ability or less incentives to graduate. The model's predictions are tested using Dutch school-level data. Since students in the Netherlands have to participate in both a central and a school specific examination, we can identify the grading policy of individual schools. We find that schools which harbor greater shares of disadvantaged students tend to set lower standards. This association is most pronounced in the track of secondary schooling that prepares for university. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2013/4