The Tracking Wars: State Reform Meets School Policy

by Tom Loveless

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In the 1980s, a nationwide reform movement sprang up in opposition to ""tracking,"" the controversial practice of schools grouping students by ability and organizing curriculum by level of difficulty. Officials in two states, Massachusetts and California, adopted policies urging middle schools to reduce or abandon tracking. In this book, Tom Loveless describes how schools reacted to these recommendations and discusses why some schools went along...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0815753055

ISBN13:9780815753056

Release Date:July 1999

Publisher:Brookings Institution Press

Length:210 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"

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Administration Assessment Education Education & Reference Education Theory Politics & Government Reform & Policy

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