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Title: The Effect of Tracking Students by Ability into Different Schools: a Natural Experiment

Author(s): Nina Guyon, Eric Maurin and Sandra McNally

Publication Date: September 2010

Keyword(s): education, selection and tracking

Programme Area(s): Labour Economics

Abstract: The tracking of pupils by ability into elite and non-elite schools represents a common, but highly controversial policy in many countries. In particular, there is no consensus on how large the elite track should be and, consequently, little agreement on the potential effects of any further increase in its size. This paper presents a natural experiment where the increase in the relative size of the elite track was followed by a very significant improvement in average educational outcomes. The experiment under consideration provides a rare opportunity to isolate the overall contextual effect of allowing entry to the elite track for a group that was previously only at the margin of being admitted.

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Guyon, N, Maurin, E and McNally, S. 2010. 'The Effect of Tracking Students by Ability into Different Schools: a Natural Experiment '. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=7977