Can Schools Fairly Select Their Students?

Autor/inn/en	Merry, Michael S.; Arum, Richard
Titel	Can Schools Fairly Select Their Students?
Quelle	In: Theory and Research in Education, 16 (2018) 3, S.330-350 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Merry, Michael S.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1477-8785
DOI	10.1177/1477878518801752
Schlagwörter	Admission Criteria; Competitive Selection; Equal Education; Public Schools; Inclusion; Inspection; Accountability; Admission (School); Case Studies; High Schools; New York (New York) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Zulassung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Inklusion; Prüfverfahren; Verantwortung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; High school; Oberschule
Abstract	Selection within the educational domain breeds a special kind of suspicion. Whether it is the absence of transparency in the selection procedure, the observable outcomes of the selection, or the criteria of selection itself, there is much to corroborate the suspicion many have that selection in practice is unfair. And certainly as it concerns primary and secondary education, the principle of educational equity requires that children not have their educational experiences or opportunities determined by their postcode, their ethnic status, first language, or family wealth. Indeed educational opportunities determined by unearned advantage or disadvantage offend against basic notions of fairness. But are public schools even permitted to select their students, and if so, how can selection procedures used by schools be best structured to achieve equitable ends? In this article we delineate, describe, and defend what we believe are the essential features of selection and also why we need to pay equal attention to both the outcomes and the processes leading to those outcomes. Provided the selection is motivated and guided by the right reasons, as well as appropriately monitored, we argue that selection can be equity promoting. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01