Constructing School Success: The Consequences of Untracking Low Achieving Students

by Irene Villanueva, Hugh Mehan, Lea Hubbard

Book Overview

Bolstering the academic success of low achieving students and providing a more egalitarian classroom setting are two constant challenges to our schools. This book describes the process of untracking, an educational reform effort that has prepared students from low income, linguistic and ethnic minority backgrounds for college. Untracking offers all students the same academically-demanding curriculum while varying the amount of institutional support...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521568269
• ISBN13: 9780521568265
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"