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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a native Washingtonian and when I was in school (back in the 80s-90s), there was intense tracking in all DC public schools.  [b]However, the results of all this tracking was that those in the lowest tracks were totally ignored which grew the achievement gap.  Fast forward to today and the achievement gap still persists and in fact grew under the "reforms" of Rhee/Henderson.[/b]  I think the reason DC doesn't have tracking is because it didn't improve education for the majority of its students.  Also, for those who keep saying that DC spends so much per pupil that rough figure is distorted because it does not take into the dollars spent by central office on special ed - ie the court ruling that allows special ed kids to be sent to expensive private schools because DCPS cannot meet their needs. If you factored that into consideration, the amount spent per pupil is in line with other jurisdictions.  Finally, the socio-economic makeup of the suburbs vs dc is vastly different so it makes sense to me that the schools are also vastly different.  Just my two cents.[/quote]

So, dismantling tracking did not close the achievement gap in DC.  Perhaps it is time to bring it back so that at least some kids in DC will get a decent education.   [/quote]

Possibly true. The school system should be able to use research on the downsides of tracking in times passed to improve the model for all students now ( ie flexible grouping, data based identification etc )[/quote]

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