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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ wow. How is this common sense model not being expanded? Of COURSE it is much harder for a teacher to teach a mixed abilities class rather than meet the needs of the kids in a more targeted way. [/quote]

There's also decades of experience showing that tracking (which is what "meeting the needs of the kids in a more targeted way" means in the real world) benefits certain groups of kids at the expense of other certain groups of kids.[/quote]

Flexible tracking can absolutely work, and would certainly work better than what we have now, in which very few children are having their needs met. So, no, rigid tracking that begins at kindergarten or before is a terrible system. Flexible tracking works, but it requires a significant investment of attention into each child's needs.

My kids are at a school that is absolutely engaged in low-key under-the-radar tracking and the school has MUCH higher test scores than it "should" based on demographics, and higher than nearby schools with lower FARMS and ESOL rates. Principals are finding a way. [/quote]

It CAN work. But it very often doesn't work.[/quote]

Okay, so compare that to the current system of blindly heterogenous classrooms. The gap is growing.  Scores for our highest needs kids are worsening. I will take a system that works some of the time over one that is failing across the board. [/quote]

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