Let's Go Back to Grouping Students by Ability - Barry Garelick - The Atlantic - 3 views
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David Hochheiser on 30 Mar 13Terribly generalized.
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Students were tracked into the various curricula based largely on IQ but sometimes other factors such as race and skin color.
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Kozol and others did not go away, and the progressive watchword in education has continued to be "equality."
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Unfortunately, the efforts and philosophies of otherwise well-meaning individuals have attempted to eliminate the achievement gap by eliminating achievement.
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In other words, the elimination of ability grouping has become a tracking system in itself that leaves many students behind.
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The rise of computer-aided learning might make it easier for them to instruct students who learn at different rates.
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this enables students placed in lower-ability classes to advance to higher-ability classes based on their performance and progress.
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