On Tracking and Individual Differences: A Conversation with Jeannie Oakes.

O'Neil, John

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ERIC Number: EJ451470

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Publication Date: 1992

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On Tracking and Individual Differences: A Conversation with Jeannie Oakes.

O'Neil, John

Educational Leadership, v50 n2 p18-21 Oct 1992

Researcher and former teacher Jeannie Oakes enlarges on the message of her 1985 publication "Keeping Track," a research-based account of tracking's devastating effects in public schools. The widespread practice of tracking students will not be dismantled until educators truly realize that schools can help "make children smart." Teacher advice and expectations can constrain students' course selections. (MLH)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Individual Differences, Student Placement, Teacher Expectations of Students, Track System (Education)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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