Constructing School Success: The Consequences of Untracking Low Achieving Students

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Author: Hugh Mehan

ISBN-10: 0521568269

ISBN-13: 9780521568265

Category: Alternative Educational Methods

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This book describes 'untracking', a successful, egalitarian, educational reform effort.

List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgments1Introduction12Tracking Untracking213Does Untracking Work?394Background Characteristics and College Enrollment555The Social Scaffolding Supporting Academic Placement776Organizational Processes Influencing Untracking1027Peer Group Influences Supporting Untracking1348Parents' Contributions to Untracked Students' Careers1579Implications for Educational Practice18410Implications for Theories Explaining Educational Inequality212References232Index245