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The Effects of a Tracking System on Student Satisfaction and Achievement

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Sweet, Phyllis R.; Nuttall, Ronald L. – American Educational Research Journal, 1971

Describes the development of an instrument to measure student attitudes towards a tracking system. (CK)

Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, High School Students, Homogeneous Grouping

Homogeneous-Ability Grouping: Fourth-Grade Teachers' Rationale and Students' Perceptions.

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Shimahara, Erika – 1998

Tracking is a predominant method used by American public schools to instruct children of multiple abilities. Tracking has been highly criticized by scholars, however, for its detrimental effects on children's education. This paper investigates practitioners' rationale for using tracking and explores the effects of tracking in the classroom and on…

Descriptors: Ability, Diversity (Student), Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers