Critics of the use of ability grouping in schools have charged that
A. it damages the self-esteem of the students in the lower tracks and they receive poorer quality teaching.
B. it harms the high-ability students because too many resources are drawn off to support the low-ability students.
C. this is really a way to make a teacher's job easier, not a way to help improve student performance.
D. there is no place in this system for the student of average ability.
Answer: A
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