caa a22 4500 465757162 CHVBK 20180323111850.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01109022 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01109022 Bruno James Graduate School of Education, University of California, 405 Hilgard Avenue, 90024, Los Angeles, CA aut Design of technology-based information-referenced grouping systems for use in large urban schools [Elektronische Daten] [James Bruno] There are many subtle but extremely important differences between grouping students and tracking students for purposes of designing appropriate instructional interventions. Unfortunately, in many inner-city urban settings, the policy of grouping students eventually becomes a policy ofde facto tracking of students. While grouping students seems to be an educationally justifiable policy in many school situations, tracking students raises serious concerns with regard to its educational value, social desirability, and complicity with the legal notions of due process and equal protection. This study examines the use of a specific form ofshort-term grouping of students that is based on an information-referenced criterion for selection. Using a large sample of ninth- and eleventh-grade students, an information-referenced grouping procedure was designed for the areas of language arts and mathematics. The study finds that grouping selections, using an information-referenced criterion, are strongly associated with teachers perceptions of these students' actual educational and information needs. In addition, the information-referenced grouping design provides important specific educational feedback to both students and teachers to help low-attaining students move to mainstream classes. Finally, many of the "due process” concerns raised by educational researchers with regard to abuses and shortcomings of presently used "ability” or standardized test-driven grouping efforts are addressed. Human Sciences Press, Inc., 1990 The Urban Review Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 22/3(1990-09-01), 163-181 0042-0972 22:3<163 1990 22 11256 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01109022 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01109022 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Bruno James Graduate School of Education, University of California, 405 Hilgard Avenue, 90024, Los Angeles, CA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Urban Review Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 22/3(1990-09-01), 163-181 0042-0972 22:3<163 1990 22 11256 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer