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The effects of increasing the standards of the high school curriculum on school dropout

Görlitz, Katja; Gravert, Christina - 2015 - This version: January 2015

This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform that was introduced in one German state on high … school dropout. The reform increased the standards of the curriculum by reducing the freedom of choice in course selection … states, we identify the reform effect on students ́probability to graduate from high school. The results show that high …

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Access, achievements, and aspirations : the impacts of school tracking on student outcomes

Bach, Maximilian; Klein, Thilo; McNamara, Sarah - 2024

-based tracking on student performance is mixed. Using rich data from the Hungarian secondary school centralized assignment mechanism …

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Who teaches the teachers? : a RCT of peer-to-peer observation and feedback in 181 schools

Wyness, Gill; Murphy, Richard; Weinhardt, Felix - 2018

It is well established that teachers are the most important in-school factor in determining student outcomes. However …

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Sorting, status, and shadow education : how track placement shapes parental investment

Klein, Thilo; McNamara, Sarah - 2025

Educational tracking-separating students into tracks or schools by ability-is commonplace, but access and preferences for top programs often depend on socioeconomic status (SES), reinforcing inequality. We study shadow education in the context of an early-tracking system, exploiting score...

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Anticipatory effects of curriculum tracking

Koerselman, Kristian - 2009

Curriculum tracking, the separation of secondary school students into academic and vocational tracks, correlates …

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Different counselors, many options : career guidance and career plans in secondary schools

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Hillerich-Sigg, Annette; … - 2019

Career guidance assists students with the school-to-work transition. Based on a survey in secondary schools in Germany … school track attended and upon the school and class room context, while personal characteristics are hardly relevant. The … and increases the probability of applying for an apprenticeship, while the effects of school counselors work in the …

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Langfristige Wirkungen eines nicht abgeschlossenen Studiums auf individuelle Arbeitsmarktergebnisse und die allgemeine Lebenszufriedenheit

Heigle, Julia; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2020

To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first study for Germany to assess the long-term impacts of studying without graduating on three labour market outcomes (working hours, wages, and occupational prestige), and on overall life satisfaction, on the basis of a sample of employed...

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Complex approaches for education in Brazil

Sakowski, Patrícia Alessandra Morita; Tóvolli, Marina H. - 2016

Education systems can be viewed as complex systems, by considering that learning, teaching, cognition and education are phenomena resulting from interactions between the heterogeneous agents that compose such systems. Given the complex nature of education systems, new approaches seem relevant,...

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Enrolments in higher education in West Germany : the impact of social background, labour market returns and educational funding

Lauer, Charlotte - 2000

This paper analyses the determinants of participation in higher education in West Germany. In particular, the role of social origin as well as of expectations regarding the labour market outcome of a higher education degree and of public educational policy are examined. The estimations are based...

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The effects of a high school curriculum reform on university enrollment and the choice of college major

Görlitz, Katja; Gravert, Christina - 2015

This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform on students ́probability to enroll at university … one German state increased the degree of difficulty to graduate from high school by increasing the mandatory instruction …

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