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The adaptation of educational expectations in response to ability tracking: Variations by migration background
Sara Geven1, Andrea G Forster2
1Department of Sociology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
The British Journal of Sociology
|August 17, 2021
Summary
Ability tracking influences student expectations, with students adjusting aspirations based on placement. Parental education, not migration background, affects how students adapt expectations after track placement.
Area of Science:
- Educational Sociology
- Developmental Psychology
Background:
- Secondary school tracking sorts students by academic ability, potentially influencing educational expectations.
- Existing research is largely cross-sectional, limiting causal inference on tracking's impact.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate how ability tracking affects the development of student educational expectations.
- To examine if these effects vary based on students' migration background.
- To explore the influence of parental education on expectation adjustments post-tracking.
Main Methods:
- Utilized German panel data tracking students before and after track placement.
- Employed variations in tracking procedures across German states for comparative analysis.
- Analyzed changes in educational expectations in relation to ability track assignment.
Main Results:
- Students tend to adjust expectations upward when track placement exceeds prior expectations, and downward when it falls short.
- Hypothesized variations in expectation adjustment by migration background were not supported.
- Students with higher parental education (Bachelor's degree or higher) showed greater upward adjustment when track placement exceeded expectations.
Conclusions:
- Ability tracking influences the developmental trajectory of student educational expectations.
- Parental education level is a significant factor in how students adapt expectations to track placement.
- Migration background did not significantly moderate the impact of tracking on expectation development in this study.
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