was about 7 billion euros in 2007. There is also a social impact particularly on the lives of migrant families. The most …

examine the ‘sorting’ mechanisms of schools and tracks in highly stratified, moderately stratified, and comprehensive …

that central examinations help hold schools accountable for their performance, thereby making it more likely for schools to …

is therefor “Does changing schools adversely affect the subsequent performance of good students in the Netherlands?” Our … change schools. The discrepancy is greater still in the MAVO (lower general secondary education) programs. MAVO students are … more likely to transfer to less competitive programs than their counterparts who do not change schools. They also repeat …

Student Assessment study. We compare public and publicly supported private (as a proxy to denominational) schools on two … private schools tend to be more successful in integrating their students. Also students in public and private dependent … schools were equally environment oriented, taking into account several student and school characteristics. The lack of …

. Concerning school choice, we found two patterns: a choice of the upwardly mobile parents for private schools and a preference for … selectivity, a substantial advantage in reading achievement remains among students in publicly funded private schools in ten out …