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This chapter addresses the question of what is gained for the contemporary Netherlands if the relation between the education and destination of its inhabitants is not captured by a single parameter of a model regressing a continuous variable, but instead is summarised into several parameters of a model regressing a polytomous variable on a polytomous variable. The data analysed cover those who left school less than ten years ago and pertain to the period around 1990. There is an attempt to gauge the applicability of this classification as part of a review of the history of Dutch educational institutions. This is followed by a description of the institutions underpinning the Dutch labour market, especially the institutions governing the transition from school to work. The nature of the Dutch data is outlined. The relationship between education and destination is modelled using social origins as a control variable.