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Download full textGamoran, Adam – 1986
This paper suggests that students' opportunities to learn may be stratified both between and within schools. Schools serving a more affluent and able clientele may offer more rigorous and enriched programs of study, and students in college preparatory curricular programs may have greater access to advanced courses within schools. This notion is…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Access to Education, College Preparation, Curriculum Design
Peer reviewedGamoran, Adam – Sociology of Education, 1996
Investigates the relationship between educational attainment and curriculum reform in Scotland's secondary schools. In the mid-1980s Scotland attempted to reduce social and educational stratification by simultaneously changing their curriculum and opening it to all students. Details the changes and presents statistical information showing the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Attainment
