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Tracking and differentiation are two separate theoretical constructs. In tracking, students do not have access to "higher tracks", but in differentiated instruction, they can be placed in different groups for certain subjects and advance easily when benchmarks are reached. Groups are dynamic, tracking is not.[/quote]

Actually there is no reason that tracking could not be done the right way with support for students and that would allow them to advance when ready. I think it is impossible for a teacher to fully differentiate for all students when a classroom has students  who run the gamut of struggling to advanced learners.

Therefore, I think it is better not to have students who range from struggling to advanced in the same classroom. If we keep them all together, then the teacher will be directing curricula to the lowest common denominator out of necessity. This would not meet all the needs of all students.

[b]What do you propose the Yu Ying do since they have some struggling students? Should this school change their construct just to meet the needs of the struggling students alone[/b]???? Seems to me that this is not fair to those who are struggling.[/quote]

I know this is a Basis thread, and for the life of me I don't know how it became a Yu Ying thread, but I will bite.  Placing the children who were falling behind in English in an English only learning environment was understandable.  However, denying the children to reentry into the language immersion once they have reached or surpassed their grade level is unacceptable.  The school is a language immersion school. I believe that is why most parents selected the school for their children.  Otherwise, the children would be better served at an Eaton, Janney, Murch and feed into Deal for middle school.  I believe in the fourth and fifth grades even OOB students can get into one of those schools.  [/quote]

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