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ERIC Number: EJ417572
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-6543
The Effects of Ability Grouping in Secondary Schools: A Response to Slavin's Best-Evidence Synthesis.
Hallinan, Maureen T.
Review of Educational Research, v60 n3 p501-04 Fall 1990
This paper contends that weaknesses of the best-evidence synthesis conducted by R. E. Slavin concluding that ability grouping in secondary school has no effects on student achievement are ignoring instructional and curricular differences; relying almost solely on standardized test scores; and relying too heavily on experimental research. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Research Problems, Secondary Education, Secondary Schools, Standardized Tests, Track System (Education)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Best Evidence Synthesis
Note: Critiques R. E. Slavin's article "Achievement Effects of Ability Grouping in Secondary Schools: A Best-Evidence Synthesis" (see TM 515 417).