Are Track Recommendations Dependent on Schools and School Boards? A Study of Trends in the Level of Track Recommendations, Number of Double Recommendations and Reconsiderations in Dutch Urban and Rural Areas

Autor/inn/en	Timmermans, A. C.; Dijks, M. A.; Warrens, M. J.
Titel	Are Track Recommendations Dependent on Schools and School Boards? A Study of Trends in the Level of Track Recommendations, Number of Double Recommendations and Reconsiderations in Dutch Urban and Rural Areas
Quelle	In: British Educational Research Journal, 49 (2023) 3, S.613-647 (35 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Dijks, M. A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-1926
DOI	10.1002/berj.3859
Schlagwörter	Track System (Education); Rural Areas; Urbanization; Correlation; Elementary School Students; Foreign Countries; Secondary Education; Trend Analysis; Educational Trends; Boards of Education; Educational Policy; Institutional Characteristics; Dropouts; Longitudinal Studies; Case Studies; Urban Areas; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leistungsgruppe; Leistungsdifferenzierung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Urbanisation; Urbanisierung; Korrelation; Ausland; Sekundarbereich; Trendanalyse; Bildungsentwicklung; Ausschuss; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Urban area; Stadtregion; Niederlande
Abstract	Track recommendations provided to students in the final grade of primary education lead the allocation to specific school tracks in secondary education in the Netherlands. Where the results of a standardised test indicate that students are able to go to a higher track level, primary schools are required to reconsider and potentially adjust the track recommendation to a higher level. The current research aimed to (1) investigate trends in the level of track recommendations, double track recommendations and reconsiderations over the years 2014-2015 to 2018-2019, (2) explore the variation in (trends of) track recommendations between Dutch primary schools and their school boards, and (3) assess the association between track recommendations and the school level variables degree of urbanisation and type of primary education. We used multilevel growth curve modelling for continuous and count data based on publicly available school-level population data regarding track recommendations and school leavers tests from 2014-2015 to 2018-2019. The number of double track recommendations has increased over the cohorts, with a slightly decreasing gap between schools in rural and urban areas. The number of reconsiderations first decreased and then increased. The differences in reconsiderations between rural and urban areas are increasing over time. An initial trend towards higher average recommendations stabilising in the later cohorts appeared with no clear pattern for degree of urbanisation. The current study adds to the existing knowledge by assessing longitudinal trends instead of cross-sectional analyses and including multiple stakeholders and factors simultaneously. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01