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Peer reviewedAngus, David L.; And Others – Teachers College Record, 1988
Two aspects of age segregation in American educational history are traced--segregation of children from adults due to expansion of public education in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and increasing stratification of children by age within schools due to the practice of age-grading. (IAH)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Age Grade Placement, Educational Change, Educational History
