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Peer reviewedOakes, Jeannie – Educational Researcher, 1992
Argues that tracking students for instruction is usually neither equitable nor effective. Reviews what has been learned about tracking, considers impacts of these findings, and suggests new research to target needs of reformers more directly. Understanding and changing the norms and policies that buttress tracking is essential to reform. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Practices
Peer reviewedShavelson, Richard J.; And Others – Educational Researcher, 1992
Investigates the validity and reliability of performance assessments using data from over 300 fifth and sixth graders. Results demonstrate the gap between the reality of measurement through performance assessments and the political rhetoric that would institute these assessments in a national examination system in the immediate future. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
