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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tracking is necessary to help those at lower levels. A teacher cannot meet the need of every student with such extreme levels of readiness in each class. [/quote]

Huh? Kids break out into small groups anyway so clusters work just fine. 
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I honestly don’t know why this is considered an effective strategy.  Can someone point to research on this?  I would be interested to know how small group work has been so widely adopted.  I don’t see how a group of, say, 4-5 kids (sometimes with one of the kids as the “supervisor”) is supposed to help a kid who’s struggling to read.  And in the current virtual environment, 100x more.  [/quote]

Reading groups don't work like that in our school. The group most in need of help get pulled out to a reading specialist. The next lowest group works with the teacher. The rest of the class reads on their own. Kids with an IEP for things like dyslexia see the SPED teacher, who usually does OG with them.[/quote]

Yes - say there are 4 groups in a class. During ELA, the reading specialist (or other assistant) comes in to help and will work with group who needs the most help. The teacher works with another group. The other two work independently (reading or completing assignment) until it's their turn to work with the teacher or assistant. Rotate, repeat. Some kids will get additional help as well from SPED teacher if they have IEPs.

And the groups are different for math. With clusters, it's also easier to regroup kids around as they progress.

It's not like whole class is ever working together for the entire ELA (or math) chunk. 
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