Once upon a time, in the kingdom of America, classrooms were divided into ability groups. Everyone who could learn quickly was encouraged to do so together, and those who needed extra help were given ...

Every year, early elementary teachers welcome students with a wide range of reading abilities into their classrooms. Some kindergarteners may be reading whole books, for example, while others don’t ...

EXETER — The evidence is in, but it's only anecdotal. Thomas O'Malley, principal of the Cooperative Middle School, reported on the implementation of mixed-ability grouping in the sixth-grade in ...

In today’s New York Times, Vivian Yee reports on the supposed re-emergence of elementary school ability tracking, in which teachers split students into smaller groups of advanced, regular, or slow ...

After two years of pandemic disruptions to students’ reading progress, schools nationwide are scrambling for ways to help them progress faster. Small-group instruction in reading is one of the most ...

LYNDA Cameron is certain that, given the choice between being put into a set or a mixed ability class, she would choose to be in a set every time. Lynda, a 14-year-old pupil in the fourth year at ...

Mixed ability classes lead to better health outcomes for students, according to a new study (Photo by Katie Falkenberg/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Streaming students by ability could be bad ...