The positive effects of tracking students in school

A new report http://edexcellence.net/index.cfm/news_tracking-and-detracking-high-achievers-in-massachusetts-middle-schools out today makes the case that students do better in school when they are separated into groups based on their achievement.

The study is published by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, is by Brookings institute scholar Tom Loveless. It looks at tracking in Massachusetts middle schools and middle schools there that once had tracking systems but eliminated them.

By Valerie Strauss

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