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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because when that was the way it "used to be", kids would get stuck in their "track" and did not have an opportunity to move up.  It's like telling a 5 year old that there is no chance they will go to an Ivy league university because right now, in kindergarten, they are "low ability".  Do you want that to be the course for your child, or do you want him to have the chance to learn more flexibly?  And before someone says it, no, tracking does not enable students to move up once they prove they can master the content-it's been found time and again that once students are tracked, they stay in that track.  The gap just widens.[/quote]

Just because you throw all the kids in the same room does NOT mean that you have done ANYTHING to ensure that the low ability 5 year old in your example learns anything and becomes any closer to the Ivy League.  Pretending not to notice that some kids have high ability and low ability -- which is what the new, stubborn refusal to group by ability does -- hurts ALL kids.

How about address the real problem.  You state the problem as "tracking does not enable students to move up one they prove they can master the content."  OK.  Well, under the new 2.0, they have basically eliminated any such measurement of mastery of the content (ironically, b/c they believe it too is unfair b/c not all kids will master the content).  So, do you know what you are left with?  You have ensured that you have a two tiered system.  Why?  B/c parents with means will either leave the public system or they will pay for private enrichment (tutors, outside classes, etc).  That is, in reality, the worst track you can have and one that guarantees to leave the poor smart kid behind.

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