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Article: Academic outcomes of ability grouping among junior high school students in Hong Kong.
- Article from:
- The Journal of Educational Research
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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In the 1980s, ability grouping in school was the most controversial issue in education policy and research in North America (Slavin, 1987). Since then, it has undergone various changes that increased, decreased, or transformed the practice of grouping in many places in the world. More recently, there has been an untracking movement aimed at abolishing ability grouping in North America (Slavin, 1993). In a number of instances, students' ability no longer appears to be the basis for grouping them into classes with different curricula (Gamoran, Nystrand, Berends, & LePore, 1995; Hallinan, 1994). However, ability grouping remains the standard in many other places, including ...