Friday, 22 March 2013

Research in brief – 14 March 2013

 Photograph: Christopher Thomond
<P>• Ability grouping may be intensifying the disadvantages experienced by summer-born children, research from the Institute of Education suggests. "If teachers place younger pupils – early in their school career – in lower ability groupings, and older pupils in higher groupings, this hasty sorting may have a significant impact on subsequent differences in educational attainment," says the study's author, Tammy

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