Systems of Ability Grouping and the Stratification of Achievement in Elementary Schools

AUTHOR Rowan, Brian; Miracle, Andrew W., Jr. TITLE Systems of Ability Grouping and the Stratification of Achievement in Elementary Schools. INSTITUTION Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, Calif. SPONS AGENCY National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. PUB DATE May 82 CONTRACT 400-80-0103 GRANT NIE-G-80-0067 NOTE 32p.; Paper presented at the meeting of the American Sociological Association (San Francisco, CA, September 1982). PUB TYPE Reports Research/Technical (143) Speeches/Conference Papers (150)