Marcus Pietsch|Tobias C. Stubbe
Inequality in the Transition from Primary to Secondary School: School Choices and Educational Disparities in Germany
TU Dortmund University
article explores mechanisms educational pathway decision making transition primary secondary school german education system analysing data progress international reading literacy study pirls highly reliable data german sample 2001 pirls make possible take consideration simultaneously students cognitive abilities end primary schooling criteria parental decision making education well institutional adjustment options family education strategies order describe complex mechanisms educational pathway decision making first general overview german education system review current state research concerning issue social inequality education germany given subsequently theoretical background seeking answer question educational disparities arise structured well model analysing parental choices education presented hypothesizing multifarious statistical analyses conducted aim proving assumptions demonstrating complex mechanisms educational segregation germany results demonstrate participants process decision making take less socially biased achievement criterion basis thus logic meritocracy seem appropriate idea segregating students different branches education end primary schooling