The Effects of Stratification in Secondary Schools: Synthesis of Survey and Ethnographic Research.

Gamoran, Adam; Berends, Mark

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Publication Date: 1987

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The Effects of Stratification in Secondary Schools: Synthesis of Survey and Ethnographic Research.

Gamoran, Adam; Berends, Mark

Review of Educational Research, v57 n4 p415-35 Win 1987

Ethnographic and survey analyses are used to assess the effects of academic stratification in secondary schools. Results indicate a need for longitudinal, quantitative research that is sensitive to actual dimensions of stratification in schools and to classroom conditions and processes that vary across levels of the hierarchy. (TJH)

Descriptors: Ethnography, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), High School Students, Longitudinal Studies, Research, Secondary Education, Surveys, Track System (Education)

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