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ERIC Number: EJ578010
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-1067-1803
Tracking Programs Derail Minority and Disadvantaged Students' Success.
Romo, Harriett
Community College Journal, v69 n3 p12-17 Dec 1998-Jan 1999
Contends that tracking students by assumed ability level does not substantially benefit high achievers and that it tends to put low achievers at a serious disadvantage. Further asserts that tracking in primary and secondary schools stigmatizes and inhibits opportunities of success for disadvantaged and minority students. (24 citations) (VWC)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Community Colleges, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), High Achievement, Low Achievement, Minority Groups, Outcomes of Education, Student Placement, Track System (Education), Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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