The Effect of Ability-based Tracking in Secondary School on Subsequent School Achievement: A Longitudinal Study

Aims: Using propensity-score matching, we matched students with similar prior-school achievement and demographical data who attended either an academic or vocational track during the first two years of secondary school. Methodology: In a two-factorial between-subject analysis of variance, we compared standardised school achievement test scores of propensity-score matched prior highand low-achieving students who attended either an academic or...