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| Ability Grouping | 1 |
| College Bound Students | 1 |
| Educational Opportunities | 1 |
| Educational Policy | 1 |
| Educational Practices | 1 |
| Flexible Progression | 1 |
| Grouping (Instructional… | 1 |
| Secondary Education | 1 |
| Track System (Education) | 1 |
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| Social Forces | 1 |
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| Rosenbaum, James E. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedRosenbaum, James E. – Social Forces, 1978
Official school records are used to analyze the opportunity structure and selection mechanisms within a school. Critics' charges that tracking systems preclude choice and mobility are not entirely supported, but more complex and subtle mechanisms for restricting opportunity are found to operate. (Author)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, College Bound Students, Educational Opportunities, Educational Policy
