The Effects of Delaying Tracking in Secondary School : Evidence from the 1999 Education Reform in Poland

The Effects of Delaying Tracking in Secondary School : Evidence from the 1999 Education Reform in Poland

Delaying tracking, extending students’ exposure to a general academic education and increasing their time on task on basic competences (reading, mathematics) could improve academic outcomes. To test the hypothesis that delayed vocational streaming improves academic outcomes, this paper analyzes Pola...

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Main Authors: Jakubowski, Maciej, Patrinos, Harry Anthony, Porta, Emilio Ernesto, Wisniewski, Jerzy
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Taylor and Francis 2016
Subjects:
secondary education
student performance
education reform
tracking
time on task
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24173
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spelling okr-10986-241732021-05-05T13:29:58Z The Effects of Delaying Tracking in Secondary School : Evidence from the 1999 Education Reform in Poland Jakubowski, Maciej Patrinos, Harry Anthony Porta, Emilio Ernesto Wisniewski, Jerzy secondary education student performance education reform tracking time on task Delaying tracking, extending students’ exposure to a general academic education and increasing their time on task on basic competences (reading, mathematics) could improve academic outcomes. To test the hypothesis that delayed vocational streaming improves academic outcomes, this paper analyzes Poland's significant improvements in international achievement tests and the restructuring of the system which expanded general schooling. Estimates using propensity-score matching and difference-in-differences estimates show that delaying vocational education and increasing time on task have a positive and significant impact on student performance on the order of a standard deviation. 2016-04-28T21:04:47Z 2016-04-28T21:04:47Z 2016-02 Journal Article Education Economics 0964-5292 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24173 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Poland
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topic secondary education
student performance
education reform
tracking
time on task
spellingShingle secondary education
student performance
education reform
tracking
time on task
Jakubowski, Maciej
Patrinos, Harry Anthony
Porta, Emilio Ernesto
Wisniewski, Jerzy
The Effects of Delaying Tracking in Secondary School : Evidence from the 1999 Education Reform in Poland
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description Delaying tracking, extending students’ exposure to a general academic education and increasing their time on task on basic competences (reading, mathematics) could improve academic outcomes. To test the hypothesis that delayed vocational streaming improves academic outcomes, this paper analyzes Poland's significant improvements in international achievement tests and the restructuring of the system which expanded general schooling. Estimates using propensity-score matching and difference-in-differences estimates show that delaying vocational education and increasing time on task have a positive and significant impact on student performance on the order of a standard deviation.
format Journal Article
author Jakubowski, Maciej
Patrinos, Harry Anthony
Porta, Emilio Ernesto
Wisniewski, Jerzy
author_facet Jakubowski, Maciej
Patrinos, Harry Anthony
Porta, Emilio Ernesto
Wisniewski, Jerzy
author_sort Jakubowski, Maciej
title The Effects of Delaying Tracking in Secondary School : Evidence from the 1999 Education Reform in Poland
title_short The Effects of Delaying Tracking in Secondary School : Evidence from the 1999 Education Reform in Poland
title_full The Effects of Delaying Tracking in Secondary School : Evidence from the 1999 Education Reform in Poland
title_fullStr The Effects of Delaying Tracking in Secondary School : Evidence from the 1999 Education Reform in Poland
title_full_unstemmed The Effects of Delaying Tracking in Secondary School : Evidence from the 1999 Education Reform in Poland
title_sort effects of delaying tracking in secondary school : evidence from the 1999 education reform in poland
publisher Taylor and Francis
publishDate 2016
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24173
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