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ERIC Number: EJ536455
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-9072
The People Versus the Department: The Case of Circular 44.
Stocks, John C.
Scottish Educational Review, v27 n1 p48-60 May 1995
A policy adopted in 1921 by the Scottish Education Department called for segregating postprimary students into two groups: those who had the "mental capacity" for secondary education and those who would be required to leave school at age 15. The unpopularity of the plan, combined with social, economic, and demographic factors, led to its failure. (LP)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Achievement Tests, Educational Discrimination, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Educational Testing, Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Prerequisites, Resistance to Change, Secondary Education, Small Schools, Social Bias, Student Placement, Track System (Education)
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Historical Materials; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Scotland