Ability grouping, also known as tracking, is the practice of grouping students together based on their talents and achievement levels. There are two main types: within-class grouping which puts similar students together for certain subjects, and between-class grouping which separates students into different classes or course levels. While ability grouping aims to better suit instruction to students' needs, it can have negative effects like mismatched placements, racial segregation, and lowered expectations for some groups. Recent reforms focus on detracking by creating heterogeneous classrooms and emphasizing collaboration between all students.

1. IE-514 CURRENT TRENDS AND ISSUES IN EDUCATION
Reporter: Rosette I. Cruz

2. Ability
Grouping
Trends
Issues
Problems
Reforms

3. • also known as tracking
• the practice of grouping children
together according to their talents
in the classroom

4. • Within-class grouping - a teacher's practice of
putting students of similar ability into small
groups usually for reading or math instruction
• Between-class grouping - a school's practice of
separating students into different classes,
courses, or course sequences (curricular tracks)
based on their academic achievement

6. -Mismatching of jobs
-Bridging the gaps
-Labeling
- Re-evaluation of skills
- Re-tracking

8. • Subjective perceptions and fairly narrow
of intelligence
-creates different expectations for
groups.
• Racial Segregation
-student confusion in pace of learning
their capacity to learn.
-creates anti-social behaviors for (high
students)

9. -student given shared responsibility for each
other’s learning
-teach student respect and responsibility

11. -more privilege for high tracks students.
-best teacher’s are assigned in high tracks
-equalize educational opportunity
-Detracking
-heterogeneous ability classroom