Critics of the Use of Ability Grouping in Schools Have

question 58

Multiple Choice

Critics of the use of ability grouping in schools have charged that

• A) it damages the self-esteem of the students in the lower tracks and they receive poorer quality teaching.
• B) it harms the high-ability students because too many resources are drawn off to support the low-ability students.
• C) this is really a way to make a teacher's job easier, not a way to help improve student performance.
• D) there is no place in this system for the student of average ability.

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