Since the start of the 2017 school year, the City of Paris and the Paris Education Authority have been trialling a new method for allocating pupils to state middle schools / lower secondary schools: Multi-school catchment areas. This scheme involves defining catchment areas shared by several geographically close middle schools / lower secondary schools, with a view to rebalancing their social composition. Drawing on a wealth of data provided by the Paris Regional Education Authority, this report assesses the impact of multi-school catchment areas on social diversity and avoidance behaviour.
Promoting social diversity in middle schools / lower secondary schools: an evaluation of Multi-school catchment areas in Paris
This report presents the findings of the evaluation of the multi-school catchment areas that were introduced in Paris at the start of the 2017–2018 academic year to promote social diversity
in the capital’s state middle schools and lower secondary schools.
Reference IPP Report No. 31
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This project, a winner of the presidential initiative ‘La France s’engage’, received financial support from the Youth Experimentation Fund, administered by the Ministry for Youth.