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ERIC Number: EJ366906
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Ability Grouping and Student Achievement in Elementary Schools: A Best-Evidence Synthesis.
Slavin, Robert E.
Review of Educational Research, v57 n3 p293-336 Fall 1987
Review of research of between-class and within-class ability grouping on the achievement of elementary students. Ability grouping appears most effective for specific subjects with students remaining in heterogeneous classes most of the day. Cross-grade assignment for selected subjects can increase achievement. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Achievement, Meta Analysis, Reading Ability, Student Placement, Track System (Education)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cross Level Grouping; Joplin Plan
Note: For related articles, see TM 513 012-014.