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Publication Date: 1989
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Secondary School Tracking and Educational Inequality: Compensation, Reinforcement, or Neutrality?
Gamoran, Adam; Mare, Robert D.
American Journal of Sociology, v94 n5 p1146-83 Mar 1989
Using data from the High School and Beyond Survey, the author examines the effects of secondary educational academic tracking on educational stratification relative to racial, sexual, and socioeconomic inequality. Finds that current tracking practices produce less inequality among Blacks and females. Also finds that noncollege programs are not better at holding students in school. (KO)
Descriptors: Bias, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Discrimination, Educational Objectives, Educational Research, Educational Status Comparison, Equal Education, Hidden Curriculum, Outcomes of Education, Racial Discrimination, Secondary Education, Sex Discrimination, Socioeconomic Background, Statistical Analysis, Student Placement, Track System (Education)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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