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ERIC Number: EJ443960
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1881
Ethnicity and the Organization of Learning Groups: A Case Study.
Troyna, Barry
Educational Research, v34 n1 p45-55 Spr 1992
A study of 184 pupils at a British comprehensive school (59 percent white, 41 percent Asian) showed that, in English, math, and science, white students were generally assigned to higher ability groups disproportionately to the racial composition of the sample. (SK)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Equal Education, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Secondary Education, Social Class, Student Placement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Asians; England