High School Education Tracking and Educational Inequality

From International Rules to Chinese Experience
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-03541-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 391 g

The book focuses on educational tracking at the high school level and explores its impact on educational inequality.

By constructing an analytical framework that combines macro and micro perspectives, the authors aim to provide a thorough analysis of the impact of educational tracking on inequality, offering new empirical evidence for international research on educational and social stratification. By revealing the institutional characteristics and unequal effects of high school educational tracking, the book provides empirical support for optimizing China’s educational tracking policy and advancing the goal of educational equity.

The book will appeal to scholars and students of educational tracking, educational equity, and comparative education.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhao, Qian

Qian, Ajian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Prüfungen und Beurteilungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Vergleichende und Empirische Bildungsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: The Global Landscape of High School Educational Tracking  2: International Conditions of High School Tracking and Educational Inequality  3: The Distribution of Educational Opportunities and Academic Inequality in China's Key High Schools  4: The Fairness Issue of China's Key Class System  5: Fairness Issues in China’s Within-Class Grouping  6: Summary and Discussion

Über Autor(innen)

Qian Zhao is Associate Professor at Beijing Normal University, China. Her research primarily focuses on educational evaluation and principal leadership. She has published more than 50 papers. She has authored, co-authored, and translated several books, and has also contributed to seven textbooks.

Ajian Qian is Lecturer at Faculty of Education, Guangxi Normal University, China, specializing in educational measurement, evaluation, and statistics. He is particularly engaged in research and work on quality monitoring of basic education.