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ABILITY GROUPING
IE-514 CURRENT TRENDS AND ISSUES IN EDUCATION
Reporter: Rosette I. Cruz
 Trends

Ability
Reforms Issues
Grouping

Problems
 y G roup i ng
A b i l i t
• also known as tracking

• the practice of grouping children

together according to their talents in
the classroom
 The two (2) common forms of ability
grouping :
• Within-class grouping - a teacher's practice of
putting students of similar ability into small groups
usually for reading or math instruction
• Between-class grouping - a school's practice of
separating students into different classes, courses, or
course sequences (curricular tracks) based on their
academic achievement
TREND: TRACKING

Issue: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION /

FAIRNESS
PROBLEM:
-Mismatching of jobs
-Bridging the gaps
-Labeling

POSSIBLE SOLUTION:
- Re-evaluation of skills
- Re-tracking
STUDENT PLACEMENT

Issue: HOMOGENEOUS
vs.
HETEROGENEOUS
ability grouping
PROBLEM:
• Subjective perceptions and fairly narrow views
of intelligence
-creates different expectations for different
groups.
• Racial Segregation
-student confusion in pace of learning with
their capacity to learn.
-creates anti-social behaviors for (high level
students)
POSSIBLE SOLUTION:
-student given shared responsibility for each other’s
learning
-teach student respect and responsibility
EDUCATION FOR ALL

Issue: Is practice of grouping

students a solution to meeting
Student’s needs in learning?
PROBLEM:
-more privilege for high tracks students.
-best teacher’s are assigned in high tracks

POSSIBLE SOLUTION:
-equalize educational opportunity
-Detracking
-heterogeneous ability classroom
REFERENCE:
• http://www.nea.org/tools/16899.htm
• http://teacher.scholastic.com/professional/classmgmt/
abilitygroup.htm
• http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin009.
shtml
• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/
2007/09/070915104849.htm
• http://www.nea.org/tools/16899.htm
• http://www.philippinesbasiceducation.us/2014/05/