Investigation into school advice
Politicians in The Hague are concerned that talented students of immigrant background are being recommended for upper secondary and university prep programmes less frequently than native Dutch peers who received the same score on the standardised CITO test.
Parliament is demanding that the education inspectorate investigate the causes for this situation.
A study conducted at schools in Amsterdam indicated that Moroccan and Turkish children who score more than 534 points on the CITO test are recommended for a lower level of further education more frequently than native Dutch students with the same score.
41 percent of Moroccans and 44 percent of Turks are advised to continue at a level below their ability while this happens to “only” 28 percent of the Dutch students.
Read full article: Expatica Netherlands, 22 February 2007
