AERA Tracking and Detracking SIG

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How are vocational tracks affecting students from different income brackets in Turkey? Read more here! tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

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. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

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" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.111…

How do Ghanian newcomers navigate tracking once they move to Germany? New research here: #abstract" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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. doi.org/10.1080/237934…

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! journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.310…

More research from Germany about detracking work leading to more students attaining academic credentials at vocational schools sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.310…

Recent detracking reforms in Germany seem to improve socioeconomic diversity in academic schools while partially mitigating the effect of SES on reading outcomes. link.springer.com/article/10.118…

A new report from @RichmondMERC examines the complicated relationships between tracking and career and technical education: scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewconten…

See our website for links to the newsletter and the meetings and other events tab for more information about our offerings! aera.net/SIG163/Trackin…

Happy Holidays! Check out our December Newsletter: aera.net/Portals/38/doc…

In this new law review article, Kumar Ramanathan and Matthew Nelsen suggest that tracking functions as a "dignitary harm of racism" in schools. engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/cgi/viewconten…

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. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

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." nature.com/articles/s4153…

A new literature review examines how multilingual students are tracked and what limitations exist for their enrollment in gifted programs. jempub.com/wp-content/upl…

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. scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&…

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: tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

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! integratedschools.org/podcast/s11e6-…