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Which School Systems Sort Weaker Students into Smaller Classes? International Evidence

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dc.creator West, Martin R.
dc.creator Wößmann, Ludger
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:56:58Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:56:58Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/17821
dc.identifier ppn:362666342
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/17821
dc.description We examine whether the sorting of differently achieving students into differently sized classes results in a regressive or compensatory pattern of class sizes for a sample of national school systems. Sorting effects are identified by subtracting the causal effect of class size on performance from their total correlation. Our empirical results indicate substantial compensatory sorting within and especially between schools in many countries. Only the United States, a country with decentralized education finance and considerable residential mobility, exhibits regressive between-school sorting. Between-school sorting is more compensatory in systems with ability tracking. Within-school sorting is more compensatory when administrators rather than teachers assign students to classrooms.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) Kiel
dc.relation Kieler Arbeitspapiere 1145
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject H52
dc.subject I28
dc.subject D73
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject Student sorting
dc.subject class size
dc.subject educational achievement
dc.subject Schüler
dc.subject Bildungsniveau
dc.subject Allgemeinbildende Schule
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Welt
dc.subject Klassengröße
dc.subject TIMSS
dc.title Which School Systems Sort Weaker Students into Smaller Classes? International Evidence
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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