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Article: Ability grouping across kindergarten using an early childhood longitudinal study.
- Article from:
- The Journal of Educational Research
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
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Regardless of individual differences at kindergarten entry, schools have a mission to promote reading achievement for all students. Children enter kindergarten with diverse literacy skills, and those skills have an important predictive relationship with later reading abilities (Lonigan, Burgess, & Anthony, 2000). However, little is known about how the gain in reading achievement in kindergarten is related to instructional or other school-related practices. We consider the relationship of one instructional practice, within-class ability grouping, to children's reading growth during the kindergarten year.
Ability Grouping
One educational strategy that has ...