The effects of delaying tracking in secondary school: evidence from the 1999 education reform in Poland

Education Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 557-572

  Jakubowski, Maciej ^a   Patrinos, Harry Anthony ^b   Porta, Emilio Ernesto ^c   Wiśniewski, Jerzy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c Analitica LLC   (United States)

^d Institute for Educational Research   (Poland)

Author keywords

student performance; time on task; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EDUCATION REFORM; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SECONDARY EDUCATION; TRACKING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE];

EID: 84959213362     PISSN: 09645292     EISSN: 14695782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2016.1149548     Document Type: Article

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