Add to ORKGWhy do inequalities in schooling persist, even in relatively egalitarian school systems? This article examines within school sorting as an explanation. We use classroom data on friendship networks in 480 European secondary schools and contrast comprehensive (England, Sweden) and tracked systems (Germany, Netherlands). Our question is to what extent comprehensive systems reduce achievement sorting at the level of (a) schools, (b) classrooms, and (c) friendships. Between-school variance in achievement is lower in comprehensive systems. However, this is counterbalanced by greater sorting within schools, between classrooms, and, especially, in friendship networks. Still, comprehensive schools create more equal environments for two reasons. Firs...
peer reviewedGiven recent evidence of rising levels of social segregation in European countries, thi...
Parents and policy makers often wonder whether, and how, the choice between a tracked or a mixed edu...
Given recent evidence of rising levels of social segregation in European countries, this study uses ...
Why do inequalities in schooling persist, even in relatively egalitarian school systems? This articl...
Why do inequalities in schooling persist, even in relatively egalitarian school systems? This articl...
Why do inequalities in schooling persist, even in relatively egalitarian school systems? This articl...
peer reviewedResearch has examined how education systems affect student achievement. Much of this re...
Research has examined how education systems affect student achievement. Much of this research has co...
Research has examined how education systems affect student achievement. Much of this research has co...
Research has examined how education systems affect student achievement. Much of this research has co...
Research has examined how education systems affect student achievement. Much of this research has co...
Research has examined how education systems affect student achievement. Much of this research has co...
I study the effects of early between-school ability tracking on student achievement, exploiting inst...
Even though some countries track students into differing-ability schools by age 10, others keep thei...
Researchers and educators often argue that a student's peers strongly influence his or her education...
peer reviewedGiven recent evidence of rising levels of social segregation in European countries, thi...
Parents and policy makers often wonder whether, and how, the choice between a tracked or a mixed edu...
Given recent evidence of rising levels of social segregation in European countries, this study uses ...
Why do inequalities in schooling persist, even in relatively egalitarian school systems? This articl...
Why do inequalities in schooling persist, even in relatively egalitarian school systems? This articl...
Why do inequalities in schooling persist, even in relatively egalitarian school systems? This articl...
peer reviewedResearch has examined how education systems affect student achievement. Much of this re...
Research has examined how education systems affect student achievement. Much of this research has co...
Research has examined how education systems affect student achievement. Much of this research has co...
Research has examined how education systems affect student achievement. Much of this research has co...
Research has examined how education systems affect student achievement. Much of this research has co...
Research has examined how education systems affect student achievement. Much of this research has co...
I study the effects of early between-school ability tracking on student achievement, exploiting inst...
Even though some countries track students into differing-ability schools by age 10, others keep thei...
Researchers and educators often argue that a student's peers strongly influence his or her education...
peer reviewedGiven recent evidence of rising levels of social segregation in European countries, thi...
Parents and policy makers often wonder whether, and how, the choice between a tracked or a mixed edu...
Given recent evidence of rising levels of social segregation in European countries, this study uses ...