0468769 - NHU-C 2017 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Jurajda, Štěpán - Münich, Daniel
Alphabetical order effects in school admissions.
Research Papers in Education. Roč. 31, č. 4 (2016), s. 483-498. ISSN 0267-1522. E-ISSN 1470-1146
Institutional support: PRVOUK-P23
Keywords : admissions * alphabetical order * order effects
Subject RIV: AH - Economics
Impact factor: 1.033, year: 2016 ; AIS: 0.382, rok: 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02671522.2015.1073774

If school admission committees use alphabetically sorted lists of applicants in their evaluations, one’s position in the alphabet according to last name initial may be important in determining access to selective schools. Jurajda and Münich (2010) ‘Admission to Selective Schools, Alphabetically. Economics of Education Review, 29 (6): 1100–1109’ provide evidence consistent with this hypothesis based on graduation exams taken in grade 13 in the Czech Republic: ‘Z’ students in selective schools had higher exam scores than ‘A’ students. In this paper, we use the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study & Progress in International Reading Literacy Study test scores of 4th graders and the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test scores of 8th and 9th graders in the Czech Republic to provide evidence on how the alphabetical sorting outcome uncovered in Jurajda and Münich (2010) ‘Admission to Selective Schools, Alphabetically. Economics of Education Review, 29 (6): 1100–1109’ arises during early tracking into selective schools. Using the PISA data, we also provide corresponding evidence for Denmark, where sorting into selective schools happens in higher grades.
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