When the objectives for everyone are the same, there's no place for ability grouping.

Today there is virtually no school system in the nation that does not practice some form of ability grouping.

Increasingly, traditional ability grouping is under attack from education experts as racist, elitist or simply a bad way to teach.

Yet, virtually everybody agrees that schools need some sort of ability grouping.

In one form or another, ability grouping has been in use in American schools since the late 1800's.

Even if ability grouping were accurate, growing numbers of educators say, it would be far from ideal.

The district's administrators have been grappling with questions of racial balance and ability grouping for years.

They might also include class size, disciplinary policy and policy regarding ability grouping.

Middle and high schools are taking their cue from elementary schools, where "ability grouping" has been in favor.

School tracking is a reality functioning under an assumed identity called ability grouping.