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Equity & Excellence in Education
Tracking Detracking: Sorting Through the Dilemmas and Possibilities of Detracking in Practice
Introduction Grouping students in schools based on perception of their potential or academic ability, known as tracking, has been critiqued by educators for exacerbating educational inequities along race and class lines. Detracking attempts to remedy the negative effects of this widely-used practice in the U.S. by placing students in mixed-ability classes. In this article, the…
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