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Peer reviewedDuFour, Richard – Educational Leadership, 1995
An Illinois high school modified its practice of sorting students into five ability areas (honors, accelerated, regular, modified, or basic) based on eighth-grade achievement test results and artificial caps and quotas. The school now bases placement on demonstrated proficiencies and offers services to help students advance to higher levels. (MLH)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Educational Improvement, High Schools, School Culture
