A group of teachers and administrators are meeting to discuss effective alternatives, or modifications, to tracking. Their goal is to provide an equitable learning and achievement environment for all students
Which of the following proposals has the greatest chance of fulfilling their goal?
a. immediately eliminating all specialized groups of students with differing abilities, ensuring equal opportunities for all students
b. maintaining all specialized ability groups but clearly explaining their existence and purpose to students and parents
c. offering students clearly explained specialized assistance for their differing abilities, while involving parents in the process of phasing out most of the existing specialized groups
d. training teachers to group students according to their abilities, without offering any one group more privileges than the others
c
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