{"id":569,"date":"2017-01-25T22:02:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T22:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.winginstitute.org\/news\/?p=569"},"modified":"2017-02-22T18:28:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T18:28:10","slug":"effects-ability-grouping-acceleration-academic-achievement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winginstitute.org\/news\/effects-ability-grouping-acceleration-academic-achievement\/","title":{"rendered":"Effects of Ability Grouping and Acceleration on Academic Achievement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What One Hundred Years of Research Says About the Effects of Ability Grouping and Acceleration on K\u201312 Students\u2019 Academic Achievement: Findings of Two Second-Order Meta-Analyses<\/p>\n<p>This paper analyzed the results of research on the effects of ability grouping and acceleration on students&#8217; academic achievement. Nineteen meta-analyses met criteria for inclusion for the review. The researchers divided ability grouping into four types:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><u>between-class ability grouping<\/u>, students in the same grade divided into low, medium, or high level classes;<\/li>\n<li><u>within-class ability grouping<\/u>, students within a classroom taught in groups based on levels;<\/li>\n<li><u>cross-grade subject grouping<\/u>, students of different grades combined into the same class depending on achievement; and<\/li>\n<li><u>grouping for gifted students<\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Results were found for improved academic achievement within-class grouping, cross-grade grouping by subject, and grouping for the gifted. No positive effects were identified for between-class grouping. The results were consistent regardless of whether students were high, medium, or low achievers. The study found acceleration appeared to have a positive, moderate, and statistically significant impact on students\u2019 academic achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Steenbergen-Hu, S., Makel, M. C., &amp; Olszewski-Kubilius, P. (2016). What One Hundred Years of Research Says About the Effects of Ability Grouping and Acceleration on K\u201312 Students\u2019 Academic Achievement: Findings of Two Second-Order Meta-Analyses. <em>Review of Educational Research<\/em>, <em>86<\/em>(4), 849-899.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.3102\/0034654316675417\">http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.3102\/0034654316675417<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.3102\/0034654316675417\">http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.3102\/0034654316675417<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What One Hundred Years of Research Says About the Effects of Ability Grouping and Acceleration on K\u201312 Students\u2019 Academic Achievement: Findings of Two Second-Order Meta-Analyses This paper analyzed the results of research on the effects of ability grouping and acceleration on students&#8217; academic achievement. 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