International Perspectives on Tracking and Detracking

• In Event: Inside Charter Schools: Teachers and Performance Differences

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

This roundtable session brings together three papers that offer a view of tracking and detracking in Finland, Austria, Italy and South Korea. Finland detracked its math courses in 1985, providing a unique context for studying math teacher subject specific views on detracking. The second paper, focusing on Austria and Italy, contrasts students’ college going expectations in a country that tracks its youth early in their academic careers against a country that tracks its youth late. The final paper takes a detailed look at the diverse factors (high school track level being only one) affecting choice of college major in South Korea.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Tracking and Detracking

Chair

• Iris C. Rotberg, The George Washington University

Papers

• Learning From Success: Finnish Prospective Mathematics Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Mixed- and Same-Performance-Group Classrooms - Benjamin Hedrick, Stanford University

• The Influence of School Tracking Systems on Educational Expectations: A Comparative Study of Austria and Italy - Bommi Lee, Vanderbilt University

• Who Studies What? How Tracks Shape College Major Choices in South Korea - Woo-jeong Shim, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor; Sunhee Paik, National Institute of Education, Singapore