Research on Tracking Has Found All of the Following Except

question 71

Multiple Choice

Research on tracking has found all of the following except

• A) students in the lower tracks learn less because they are taught less.
• B) even students with the same test scores are put into different tracks according to their race and social class.
• C) less is expected of lower-track students, so their academic performance is lower.
• D) tracking has no real impact on student performance after elementary school.

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