Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ448066
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Can Tracking Research Inform Practice? Technical, Normative, and Political Considerations.
Oakes, Jeannie
Educational Researcher, v21 n4 p12-21 May 1992
Argues that tracking students for instruction is usually neither equitable nor effective. Reviews what has been learned about tracking, considers impacts of these findings, and suggests new research to target needs of reformers more directly. Understanding and changing the norms and policies that buttress tracking is essential to reform. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Literature Reviews, Political Influences, Racial Differences, Research Needs, Social Class, Student Placement, Track System (Education)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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