Opportunities or new disadvantages? The long-term impact of curriculum modifications and accommodations on post-compulsory educational trajectories

• Published in: Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 16 - 22
• Main Authors: Lustenberger, Sara, Sahli Lozano, Caroline, Brandenberg, Kathrin, Hauser, Janine, Wüthrich, Sergej
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.12.2025; Springer; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities); Academic achievement; Accommodations; Apprenticeship; Career and Technical Education; Careers; Classroom Environment; Cognitive ability; Compulsory education; Developmental Tasks; Disability; Economic Sociology; Education; Educational objectives; Educational trajectories; Higher education; Inclusion; Individualized Instruction; Integrative school measures; Intermediate Grades; Labor Economics; Learning; Learning Processes; Low Achievement; Mainstreaming; Mild Disabilities; Opportunities; Organizational Studies; Professional and Vocational Education; Reduced learning objectives; School districts; Secondary education; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Socioeconomic Background; Socioeconomic factors; Socioeconomic status; Special Classes; Special Education Teachers; Special educational needs; Special Schools; Students; Students with Disabilities; Transition from lower to upper secondary education; Switzerland; Germany; Integrative school measures; Reduced learning objectives; Educational trajectories; Transition from lower to upper secondary education; Educational inequality; Special educational needs; Accommodations

This study examines the long-term effects of two different integrative school measures in lower secondary education — reduced individual learning objectives and accommodations — on post-compulsory educational trajectories in Switzerland. Based on data from the Bernese Longitudinal Study on Integrati...