TY  - JOUR
TI  - Ability grouping in the primary school: a survey
SP  - 69
UR  - https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10000370/
Y1  - 2003///
VL  - 29
A1  - Hallam, Susan
A1  - Ireson, Judith
A1  - Lister, Veronica
A1  - Andon Chaudhury, Indrani
A1  - Davies, Jane
N2  - In 1997, the DfEE suggested that schools should consider ?setting? pupils by ability as it was believed that this would contribute to raising standards. This survey of primary schools aimed to establish the extent to which primary schools, with same and mixed age classes, implement different grouping practices including setting, streaming, within class ability and mixed ability groupings for different curriculum subjects. Schools were asked to complete a questionnaire indicating their grouping practices for each subject in each year group. The findings showed that schools predominantly adopted within class ability groupings, either mixed or ability grouped, for most subjects. Ability grouping (within class and setting) was most common in mathematics, followed by English and science. Its implementation increased as pupils progressed through school. The type of setting adopted, same or cross age, tended to reflect the nature of the class structures within the school.
IS  - 1
AV  - public
EP  - 83
JF  - Educational Studies
SN  - 0305-5698
N1  - This is an electronic version of an article published in Hallam, Susan and Ireson, Judith and Lister, Veronica and Chaudhury, Indrani Andon and Davies, Jane (2003) Ability grouping in the primary school: a survey. Educational Studies, 29 (1). pp. 69-83. Educational Studies is available online at: http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/03055690303268
ID  - discovery10000370
ER  -