Ability Grouping and Student Achievement in Elementary Schools [microform] : A Best-Evidence Synthesis. Report No. 1 / Robert E. Slavin
- Bib ID:
- 5546975
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Slavin, Robert E
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED348174
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1986
- 127 p.
- Summary:
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This report reviews research on the effects of between- and within-class ability grouping on the achievement of elementary school students. The review technique, known as "best-evidence synthesis," combines features of meta-analytic and narrative reviews. Overall, evidence does not support assignment of students to self-contained classes according to ability, but grouping plans involving cross-grade assignment for selected subjects can increase student achievement. Research particularly supports the Joplin Plan, cross-grade ability grouping for reading only, and forms of nongraded programs involving multiple groupings for different subjects. Within-class ability grouping in mathematics is also found to be instructionally effective. Ability grouping is held to be maximally effective: (1) when it is done only for one or two subjects, with students remaining in heterogeneous classes most of the day; (2) when it greatly reduces student heterogeneity in a specific skill; (3) when group assignments are frequently reassessed; and (4) when teachers vary the level and pace of instruction according to students' needs. (An 18-page reference list is appended). (Author/RH)
- Notes:
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- Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
- Contract Number: OERI-G-86-0006.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Center for Research on Elementary and Middle Schools, Baltimore, MD
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- ERIC
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