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Article: Acceleration.(education)
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- Roeper Review
- Article date:
- March 22, 2002
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Acceleration is perhaps one of the most misunderstood practices in education, especially with respect to its potential consequences for students who experience it. Before discussing the myths that have grown up around acceleration, we should define what it is and describe some of the forms it can take.
Acceleration refers to any of a number of curricular and administrative modifications that permit students to reach educational goals at a faster than usual rate or an earlier than usual age. It is a challenge to the lock-step organization of American education that dictates where a child should be in the curriculum in a certain subject area on the basis of his or ...