Using the NEPS database to examine effects of a reform in upper-secondary education on achievement differences, and gender disparities

拟议的项目是利用非政府组织数据库进行的实质性分析。利用图林根州2010年和2011年Abitur学生群体的数据收集的数据，该项目将审查两个群体之间发生的高中教育重大改革的后果，除其他方面外，涉及废除数学、德语和外语高级课程和基础课程之间的传统区别。我们将重点关注三个方面：一是这次学校重大改革对成绩等结果有什么影响？第二，改革在多大程度上有助于在学校内部和学校之间实现成绩的同质化？第三，改革是否影响到性别在学业成就和教育选择上的差异？这些发现本身将是重要的，但也将与解释来自多队列纵向研究(如NINS)的结果相关。

The proposed project is a substantive analysis utilizing the NEPS database. Using data from the Thuringia data collections of the 2010 and 2011 Abitur student cohorts, the project will examine the consequences of a major reform of upper-secondary education that took place between the two cohorts and involved, among other aspects, the abolishment of the traditional differentiation between advanced and basic courses in mathematics, German, and foreign language. We will focus on three aspects: First, what is the impact of this major school reform on achievement and other outcomes? Second, to what extent does the reform help in homogenizing achievement within and across schools? Third, does the reform affect differences among sexes in academic attainment and educational choice? The findings will be important by themselves, but will also be relevant for the interpretation of findings from a multi-cohort longitudinal study such as NEPS.