The Role of Academic Achievement Growth in School Track Recommendations

Autor/inn/en	Caro, Daniel H.; Lenkeit, Jenny; Lehmann, Rainer; Schwippert, Knut
Titel	The Role of Academic Achievement Growth in School Track Recommendations
Quelle	In: Studies in Educational Evaluation, 35 (2009) 4, S.183-192 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0191-491X
DOI	10.1016/j.stueduc.2009.12.002
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Probability; Immigrants; Track System (Education); Secondary School Students; Mathematics Achievement; Measures (Individuals); Reliability; Achievement Gains; Individual Development; Gender Differences; Socioeconomic Status; Higher Education; College Bound Students; Role; Teacher Attitudes; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Ausland; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Leistungsgruppe; Leistungsdifferenzierung; Sekundarschüler; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Messdaten; Reliabilität; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Individuelle Entwicklung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Rollen; Lehrerverhalten; Deutschland
Abstract	Students in Germany are tracked into different forms of secondary schooling based on teachers' recommendations. The literature shows that school tracking is largely affected by academic achievement levels, but neglects the influence of individual achievement growth. The authors used data from the Berlin study ELEMENT (N = 2242) to characterize math growth trajectories, obtain reliability-adjusted measures of individual growth, and evaluate their effect on teacher's recommendations. The findings suggest that teachers reward math growth while issuing track recommendations. Females, immigrants, and higher SES students are more likely to obtain a college track recommendation other things being equal. And, the probability of a college track recommendation decreases in classes with higher achievement levels and smaller proportion of immigrants. (Contains 2 figures and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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