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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Detracking can work if most of the students are supported at home, and if the school system provides extra supports for low achievers.

Nassau County, for example, is an oft cited success story for detracking.  The high achievers didn't suffer, and the low achievers benefited significantly.  What gets forgotten, however, is that Nassau County had a median family income of $146,000.  Lesser resourced school districts by and large haven't had the same success.

Detracking could still potentially work at some of the wealthier schools like the "W" schools, but we haven't had enough success stories for Progressives to be championing detracking as much as they do.

Progressives also don't seem aware of the risks like what happened at Chicago.[/quote]
Nassau County involved moving regular kids up to Algebra 1 in 8th grade. Nassau maintained the rigor of the original class by offering an additional, second support class for kids who needed it.  That approach differs from most other cases of actual/proposed detracking where they eliminate honors and put everyone in the same class with a regular curriculum as the base and then honors content is offered as an extension. There is a paucity of verifiable research to support that latter approach.[/quote]

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