Improving Teachers’ Judgments: Accountability Affects Teachers’ Tracking Decision

In some European countries, teachers select students for entry into different secondary school tracks on the basis of students' achievement level.In Luxembourg, teachers join a council to select students.PISA provided evidence that students with an immigration background and/or low socioeconomic status are underrepresented in the highest school track.The question arises whether teachers' tracking decisions are biased towards non-performance...