This auther, Jeanny Oakes, argues that "One fact about tracking is unequivocal: tracking leads to substantial differences in the day-to-day learning experiences students have at school."
this basically summarizes both parties arguments towards tracking and not tracking. One party feels that tracking is good because it helps teachers target students abilitys and it can help them learn. where the second party argues that tracking is bad because then alot of students get put into stereotypical classes known as "less able."
i feel that oake's argues that both are right, but her main point is that it causes students to feel and get treated differently. and that by doing so it causes many different experiences for students when it comes to learning whether it be positive or negative.
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i agree with you on your last point. its hard choosing whether or not its a good idea to separate students based on their ability. some think its not fair, like i did when i was in school, but then after thinking about it its not right to let students abilities go unseen.
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