Xheng Asserts That If a Child Is Put in a Higher-Level

question 17

Multiple Choice

Xheng asserts that if a child is put in a higher-level grouping for instruction in school, the child is likely to receive better teaching and treatment. Her view most closely resembles which of the following studies?

• A) sociological studies of tracking and "within school effects"
• B) Jonathan Kozol's Savage Inequalities
• C) James Coleman's studies on "between school effects"
• D) Randall Collins's studies of credentialism

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