Tracking Procedures and Criteria and the SES Bias in Teacher Track Recommendations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8224440 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Geven (0000-0003-1449-6513, University of Amsterdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 271-304 |
| Publication date | 2025-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Educational Research Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-8312 • E-ISSN: 1935-1011 |
| Publisher | American Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3102/00028312241288212 |
| OpenAlex | W4403954723 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 51 |
The allocation of students to ability tracks is often based on teacher recommendations. These recommendations tend to be biased in favor of students from higher socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds. While tracking procedures and criteria have been proposed to play a role herein, empirical research is lacking. Using a survey experiment and information from 221 teachers in 69 Dutch schools, I find that teachers in the same school vary in their interpretation of their school’s procedure and (relatedly) their own tracking criteria. Teachers who perceive the school procedure to put more weight on students’ home environment, and/or (relatedly) put more weight on this themselves, show a stronger SES bias in track recommendations in the survey experiment
Econometrics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Statistics · Track (disk drive · Tracking (education · Computer Science · Educational Assessment and Improvement · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Mathematics · Psychology · School Choice and Performance
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 7 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |