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Article: Effects of ability grouping on academic achievement and self-concept of African-American and white students.
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- The Clearing House
- Article date:
- May 1, 1994
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Questions pertaining to the relative advantages and disadvantages of ability grouping continue to persist. A great deal of sentiment and research, both pro and con, about the merits of ability grouping are recorded in the literature (Noland and Taylor 1986). Though recent syntheses and reviews of past research criticize many research designs and do not support the practice of ability grouping in increasing academic achievement (Drahozol and Hanna 1978; Epstein 1980; Esposito 1971; Kirp and Youdof 1974; Nevi 1987; Persell 1976; Slavin 1987, 1988, 1990), the average educator seems to be convinced of its merits. For this reason, the practice of ability grouping continues ...