Locked in/locked out : tracking and placement practices in Boston public schools : a report / by the Massachusetts Advocacy Center ; project director, Anne Wheelock.

...Examines how school-based and district-wide practices that group children by "ability" erode the educational experience for all children and put the most vulnerable students at a disadvantage; numerous tables give data on non-promotion rates for selected grades, placement rates for sele...

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Corporate Author: Massachusetts Advocacy Center.
Other Authors: Wheelock, Anne.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston (95 Berkeley St., Boston, MA 02116) : Massachusetts Advocacy Center, [1990]
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Summary:...Examines how school-based and district-wide practices that group children by "ability" erode the educational experience for all children and put the most vulnerable students at a disadvantage; numerous tables give data on non-promotion rates for selected grades, placement rates for selected grades and course enrollment by high school, race and program, days absent and dropout rates by high school, foreign language and mathematics course offerings by high school, higher education enrollment by high school for the class of 1988, suspension rates, etc.; includes recommendations...
Item Description:"March, 1990."
Physical Description:x, 190 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.