Education

As many of my readers may know, my younger brother skipped many grades.  He started by skipping 4th grade.  He continued on to skip 7th – 12th grade.  Okay, so many it isn’t even grade skipping at that point.  Throughout my life, I’ve met and worked with many students who either (1) skipped one or …

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The quick answer:  Ability grouping is the practice of grouping students together based on their abilties.  This practice is sometimes referred to as ‘tracking.’    Let’s take a step back.  In a typical school classroom, students span in ability by about 6 years.  This means that in a 4th grade classroom, some of the students may …

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