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Direct linkOlivia Johnston; Suzanne Macqueen; Wei Zhang; Nerida Spina; Rebecca Spooner-Lane – Educational Studies, 2025
Many schools choose to organise students into classes according to their perceived "ability", despite evidence that the practice is not beneficial for students, overall. Class grouping by "ability" can exacerbate existing social inequalities by segregating students according to pre-existing educational advantage, which has…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ability Grouping, Student Placement, Secondary Schools
