[BOOK][B] Tracking Inequality: Stratification and Mobility in American High Schools. Sociology of Education Series.
SR Lucas - 1999 - ERIC
SR Lucas
1999•ERICThis book explores the consequences of the abandonment of formal tracking systems in US
high schools, and how or whether this dramatic change provided students with the
educational opportunity and mobility previously denied them. Drawing on nationally
representative data and sophisticated methodologies, this book examines how the
contemporary curricular structure works, including the scope of the structure, mobility and
social patterning within this structure, and the consequences of an individual's socially …
high schools, and how or whether this dramatic change provided students with the
educational opportunity and mobility previously denied them. Drawing on nationally
representative data and sophisticated methodologies, this book examines how the
contemporary curricular structure works, including the scope of the structure, mobility and
social patterning within this structure, and the consequences of an individual's socially …
This book explores the consequences of the abandonment of formal tracking systems in U.S. high schools, and how or whether this dramatic change provided students with the educational opportunity and mobility previously denied them. Drawing on nationally representative data and sophisticated methodologies, this book examines how the contemporary curricular structure works, including the scope of the structure, mobility and social patterning within this structure, and the consequences of an individual's socially patterned location for college entry and career path. The chapters are: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "Course Taking after the Decline of Formal Programs"; (3) "Merit and Track Placement"; (4) "SocioeconomicDiversity, School Environment, and Track Structure"; (5) "Is Tracking a Tournament?"; (6) "Individual-Level Factors in Curricular Mobility"; (7) "Selected Effects of Curricular Location"; and (8) "After
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