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ERIC Number: EJ417571
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-6543
Achievement Effects of Ability Grouping in Secondary Schools: A Best-Evidence Synthesis.
Slavin, Robert E.
Review of Educational Research, v60 n3 p471-99 Fall 1990
Best-evidence synthesis was used to review 29 research papers published in English that evaluate the effects of ability grouping on student achievement in secondary schools. Six randomized experiments, 9 matched experiments, and 14 correlational studies were reviewed. Findings do not indicate beneficial effects of ability grouping on achievement. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Foreign Countries, Literature Reviews, Meta Analysis, Secondary Education, Secondary Schools, Standardized Tests, Track System (Education)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Best Evidence Synthesis; Great Britain; United States
Note: For related documents see TM 515 418-419.