Special Interest Group of @AERA_EdResearch
Research and conversations examining tracking and detracking.
Tweets represent AERA Tracking and Detracking SIG.
Tracking isn't something that only affects students. Adults who are injured and decide to go to college often see a 25% increase in their pre-injury earnings.
https://t.co/Nc2wwJAy2V
Finnish researchers examined voting turnout intentions & found "while the turnout intention trajectories do not vary based on educational track...trajectories converge among general track students, thus mitigating participation gaps according to family"
https://t.co/12MzRYE0tx
SIG Member Alison Roda and Deirdre Dougherty examine how color evasiveness harms Black students by "enabl[ing] white stakeholders to maintain hegemonic control" over various school processes, including tracking.
https://t.co/dpAVOyN13v
Dr. Tamara Handy takes a look at how newcomers in the US are often segregated upon arrival, including through discriminatory tracking schemes, using a framework of precarious citizenship. Read more here!
https://t.co/rs9weNoQ8U
A group of some of our favorite scholars examined how opportunity functions in the US, including in terms of tracking, and it went about how you would imagine:
https://t.co/GddSUt1gAu
Recent detracking reforms in Germany seem to improve socioeconomic diversity in academic schools while partially mitigating the effect of SES on reading outcomes.
https://t.co/dJKIWpAwcd
In this new law review article, Kumar Ramanathan and Matthew Nelsen suggest that tracking functions as a "dignitary harm of racism" in schools.
https://t.co/EKmCxIkdzu
German researchers examine how gender gaps in German and math grades change over time among students in the academic track there. They find gender gaps in math decrease over time while gender gaps in German increase.
https://t.co/cmKNwCRP3T
New research from the Netherlands published in @Nature finds "the pandemic’s effect on tracking outcomes is weaker than its effect on student test scores elsewhere reported."
https://t.co/Fhz30O9WSP
A new literature review examines how multilingual students are tracked and what limitations exist for their enrollment in gifted programs.
https://t.co/sU235ZRGhN
A new working paper suggests that while students who migrate to wealthier and more democratic countries experience positive outcomes compared to those who don't, between-school tracking can actually lead to negative outcomes for these students.
https://t.co/kcRWQL4llN
Research from Taiwan finds that both track placement and track performance can be a result of a student's socioeconomic status more than other factors: https://t.co/8kfuRMBjv7
We recently joined @ValeriaBrownEdu on the @integratedschls podcast to discuss the intersection of equitable school funding & integration. We talk about everything from our policy work to advocacy tips & insights on some of the challenges!
Listen here!
https://t.co/vmx55BsMjQ