On the Wrong Track: Ability Grouping and the Threat to Equity.

Trimble, Kimberly D.; Sinclair, Robert L.

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Publication Date: 1987

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On the Wrong Track: Ability Grouping and the Threat to Equity.

Trimble, Kimberly D.; Sinclair, Robert L.

Equity and Excellence, v23 n1-2 p15-21 Spr 1987

Reports the results of a study of the effectiveness of ability grouping in selected high schools. Discusses differences in academic conditions in various levels of grouping. Study focused on differences in curriculum content and instructional practices across several levels of ability grouping in United States history classes. (PS)

Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Compensatory Education, Curriculum, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives, Equal Education, Heterogeneous Grouping, Instructional Design, Secondary Education, Student Placement, Track System (Education)

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