New publication:
Fundamentals of educational planning
No. 93

Should students be grouped based on performance to prevent academic failure?

How should classrooms be formed in a school? What criteria should be used for dividing students up between schools and classes? When is tracking/streaming and ability grouping appropriate in a school system? This book reviews the research of the past decade in order to evaluate the impact of class composition on students’ learning.

The author poses the essential question concerning equality of opportunity: Although one of the fundamental principles of every educational project in the democratic countries, what are the real learning opportunities offered to students?

Coming soon in English

Séparer pour réussir ? Les modalités de groupement des élèves

by Vincent Dupriez, IIEP-UNESCO, 2010.







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