论文标题
分类和分级
Sorting and Grading
论文作者
论文摘要
我们提出了一个框架，以评估如何最佳地分类和分级异质能力的学生。潜在的雇主面临个人生产价值的不确定性。知道一个人去哪所学校有两个原因：首先，平均学生的能力在整个学校之间可能有所不同；其次，不同的学校可能会使用不同的分级规则，从而提供各种激励措施来付出努力。最佳学校系统对能力表现出粗略的分层，而在顶级学校的分级比在底层学校中更宽大。我们的论文有助于对中学的跟踪进行持续的政策辩论。
We propose a framework to assess how to optimally sort and grade students of heterogenous ability. Potential employers face uncertainty regarding an individual's productive value. Knowing which school an individual went to is useful for two reasons: firstly, average student ability may differ across schools; secondly, different schools may use different grading rules and thus provide varying incentives to exert effort. An optimal school system exhibits coarse stratification with respect to ability, and more lenient grading at the top-tier schools than at the bottom-tier schools. Our paper contributes to the ongoing policy debate on tracking in secondary schools.
