In early fall, parents of McGee Middle School students will head to the classroom to see how heterogeneous grouping is going to work for their children. Parents, many of whom oppose the shift from ...

NASHUA – Supporters of keeping leveling in the city’s middle schools spoke out Monday night, arguing that mixing students of all abilities together would dilute education and overburden teachers. Jean ...

All of my students (9th graders) were more than two years behind in math when I began teaching in the Chicago Public Schools in 1993. (This was based on students’ 8th grade test results and confirmed ...

STRATHAM — Grouping children by their academic abilities was the premier topic of discussion at the Visioning Summit for the Cooperative Middle School. Though focus groups also talked about middle ...

The Tigard-Tualatin School Board heard an update on the district's "heterogeneous grouping" program on Monday night. (Luke Hammill / The Oregonian) Though he acknowledged some struggles, Tigard High ...

A recent “My Word” column by Dr. Paul J. Hagerty discussed the ability-based grouping policy in Seminole County schools. I agree with Dr. Hagerty’s statement that this issue cannot be simplified and ...

Previous research has indicated benefits and potential pitfalls of within-class homogeneous and heterogeneous ability grouping for elementary math learning. However, there has been scant evidence with ...