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Download full textLoveless, Tom – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2009
This study examines tracking--the practice of grouping students into separate classes or courses based on their prior academic achievement--at the middle-school level, and the percentage of high-achieving students in tracked and untracked schools. It focuses on Massachusetts, a leader in "reforming" tracking, and the changes that have…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Track System (Education), High Achievement, Middle School Students
Hill, Jacqueline; MacMillan, Bob – Online Submission, 2004
Low-test scores in literacy and mathematics have resulted in increased accountability for educators, as evidenced by statewide "high stakes: testing. The push by federal and state mandates, such as the "No Child Left Behind" Act and the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) have increased the amount of teaching and…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Teaching Methods, Administrator Role, Instructional Leadership
