The goal of school tracking (assigning students to different types of school by ability) is to increase educational efficiency by creating more homogeneous groups of students that are easier to teach. However, there are concerns that, if begun too early in the schooling process, tracking may...

The goal of school tracking (assigning students to different types of school by ability) is to increase educational efficiency by creating more homogeneous groups of students that are easier to teach. However, there are concerns that, if begun too early in the schooling process, tracking may...

This article investigates the relationships between ethnicity, class, and prospects of educational success. For this purpose, we compared the effects of family socio-economic characteristics on children's educational attainment in four ethno-religious groups in Israel (Muslim, Christian, and...

Kinder mit Migrationshintergrund werden am Ende der Grundschule nicht diskriminiert. Bei gleicher Leistung und Sozialschicht werden sie mindestens so oft ans Gymnasium empfohlen wie ihre Mitschüler ohne Migrationshintergrund. Aber: Die Beurteilungskriterien bei Migranten sind nicht transparent.