ERIC Number: EJ341127
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Keeping Track, Part 1: The Policy and Practice of Curriculum Inequality.
Oakes, Jeannie
Phi Delta Kappan, v68 n1 p12-17 Sep 1986
Results of the "A Study of Schooling" survey indicate that the practice of tracking in secondary schools makes it difficult for schools to achieve either academic excellence or equality of educational opportunities. Tracking, furthermore, forces schools to perpetuate social and economic inequalities. Eight footnotes are appended. (IW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Educational Opportunities, Educational Quality, Equal Education, Labeling (of Persons), Learning Activities, Peer Influence, School Effectiveness, Secondary Education, Socioeconomic Influences, Student Development, Student Placement, Teacher Student Relationship, Track System (Education)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: A Study of Schooling; Excellence in Education
