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Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 4 Grade distribution by track

From: On the efficiency of school tracking: a perspective from outcomes in dual VET in Switzerland

 

High track

Low track

Mean

Std dev.

N

Mean

Std. dev.

N

GPAa

0.125

1.04

4212

−0.516

0.723

1511

Std math scorea

0.167

1.03

4214

−0.360

0.823

1490

2003 PISA score in math\(^{\mathrm{b}}\)

0.011

0.72

1005

−0.130

0.954

289

  1. Data source: Geneva Schooling Database
  2. Pisa scores have been normalized on our sample
  3. Grades have been normalized on the 2 cohorts sample to have zero mean and a standard deviation of 1
  4. Students tracked at a later stage are excluded from the table
  5. aTwo cohorts, 2003–2004
  6. b All students tested in Geneva by PISA 2003 which corresponds to our GSD 2002 cohort
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