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Academic Achievement and Tracking - A Theory Based on Grading Standards
Ehlers, Tim; Schwager, Robert - 2019
We present a theory explaining the impact of ability tracking on academic performance based on grading policies. Our model distinguishes between initial ability, which is mainly determined by parental background, and eagerness to extend knowledge. We show that achievements of low ability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141067
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Academic achievement and tracking : a theory based on grading standards
Ehlers, Tim; Schwager, Robert - 2016
We present a theory explaining the impact of ability tracking on academic performance based on grading policies. Our model distinguishes between initial ability, which is mainly determined by parental background, and eagerness to extend knowledge. We show that achievements of low ability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524559
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Academic achievement and tracking : a theory based on grading standards
Ehlers, Tim; Schwager, Robert - 2019
We present a theory explaining the impact of ability tracking on academic performance based on grading policies. Our model distinguishes between initial ability, which is mainly determined by parental background, and eagerness to extend knowledge. We show that achievements of low ability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012105595
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Academic achievement and tracking : a theory based on grading standards
Ehlers, Tim; Schwager, Robert - In: Education economics 28 (2020) 6, pp. 587-600
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012313980
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Modeling approaches in educational research
Ehlers, Tim - 2017
This dissertation focuses on three different questions in the field of education, using the method of theoretical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545025
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Expansion of higher education and the equality of opportunity in Colombia
León, Mónica Oviedo - In: Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación
The purpose of this work is to assess the effects of the extraordinary expansion of higher education supply in Colombia … during the 1990s on the equality of tertiary education opportunity. In this work, the notion of increasing equality of … family background (parental education) on the individual probability of attending and completing the higher education. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876260
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A Dynamic Framework of School Choice : Effects of Middle Schools on High School Choice
Hahm, Dong Woo; Park, Minseon - 2022
This paper explores the dynamic relationship between school choices made at different educational stages and how it affects racial segregation across schools. We use New York City public school choice data to ask: "How does the middle school that a student attends affect her high school...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013309756
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Academic Achievement and Tracking – A Theory Based on Grading Standards
Ehlers, Tim - 2016
We present a theory explaining the impact of ability tracking on academic performance based on grading policies. Our model distinguishes between initial ability, which is mainly determined by parental background, and eagerness to extend knowledge. We show that achievements of low ability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984481
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Academic Achievement and Tracking - a Theory Based on Grading Standards
Ehlers, Tim - 2019
We present a theory explaining the impact of ability tracking on academic performance based on grading policies. Our model distinguishes between initial ability, which is mainly determined by parental background, and eagerness to extend knowledge. We show that achievements of low ability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861399
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Strengthening teachers in disadvantaged schools : evidence from an intervention in Sweden's poorest city districts
Hall, Caroline King Barnard; Lundin, Martin; Sibbmark, … - 2018
Children growing up in disadvantaged neighborhoods tend to perform significantly worse in school compared to children growing up under more favorable circumstances. We examine the impact of a three-year program ("Coaching for Teaching") targeted at ten poorly performing lower secondary schools...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011951949