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ERIC Number: EJ341181
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Keeping Track, Part 2: Curriculum Inequality and School Reform.
Oakes, Jeannie
Phi Delta Kappan, v68 n2 p148-54 Oct 1986
Continues the argument against tracking and ability grouping in schools. Traces circumstances and beliefs leading to this system of handling student diversity and shows how these factors obstruct schools' efforts to achieve two highly valued goals: academic excellence and equal opportunity. Suggests alternative approaches. (MLH)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Cultural Differences, Educational Change, Educational Opportunities, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Individual Differences, Socioeconomic Influences, Student Placement, Track System (Education)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Audience: Practitioners; Parents; Policymakers
Language: English
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Note: For part 1, see EA 520 312 (September 1986 "Phi Delta Kappan").