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Racial gaps in math have grown. Could detracking classes help?


End Tracking to Put Math Education Back on Track - Just Equations

Along with increased attention to systemic racism in our public ... have much less access to advanced math courses is not by accident.

How Racially Diverse Schools and Classrooms Can Benefit All ...

... racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps while helping all students succeed. ... support for integrated schools has only grown stronger. A rise ...

Detracking and Tracking Up: Mathematics Course Placements in ...

Further, this hypothesis suggests that schools that experience a decrease in mean-centered API scores in the prior year will be more likely to further increase ...

Eliminating Advanced Math 'Tracks' Often Prompts Outrage. Some ...

But some places have changed their math classes with minimal backlash, and also ensured course rigor and improved academic outcomes. That's ...

Stop Giving Inexperienced Teachers All the Lower-Level Math ...

All the classes Lauren Baucom was assigned to cover during her first year as a high school math teacher were freshman-level—the department ...

Should Your School Detrack to Close the Achievement Gap? - ASCD

Critics worry that detracking will result in one-size-fits-all curriculum that's way over the heads of some students, but not challenging enough ...

The Resurgence of Ability Grouping and Persistence of Tracking

Recent NAEP data reveal a resurgence of ability grouping in fourth grade and the persistent popularity of tracking in eighth-grade mathematics.

San Francisco's detracking experiment

On Smarter Balanced results from twelve states, the mean fifth-grade math score was 2498, well above the 2479 score for eleventh-grade Black ...

California math curriculum spurs new controversy about accelerated ...

Nearly a decade after Common Core math standards were adopted in California, the majority of K-12 students are not yet meeting grade-level ...