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Tommaso Agasisti; Filippo Bolzoni; Mara Soncin – Education Economics, 2024
This research explores the effect of orientation advice (OA), which is an instrument aimed at supporting pupils during their first transition from middle to high school. We investigate whether being 'ambitious' (i.e. rejecting OA and choosing a more challenging track) influences grade 9 retention probability. Data from 28 schools from Piacenza…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Freshmen, School Orientation, Course Selection (Students)
PDF pending restorationScott, Leslie A.; Ingels, Steven J. – 1992
The longitudinal analysis population of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) is used to produce descriptive findings about the transition to high school of eighth grade students. An overview summarizes some of the policy issues of the study and sketches the research design and samples. First, longitudinal data are used to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Selection (Students), Educational Policy, Educational Practices

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