STUDENT ASSIGNMENT IN THE MIDDLE GRADES: TOWARDS ACADEMIC SUCCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS

Additional Reading

Cooney, S. & Bottoms, G. Middle Grades to High School:Mending the Weak Link. Southern Regional Education Board.

Dotson, J. (Spring 2001). Cooperative learning structures can increase student achievement. Kagan Online Magazine.

Henderson, A. & Raimondo, B. (February 2002). Every Child Counts: Citizens Tackle School District's Achievement Gap. Middle Ground: The Magazine of Middle Level Education 5(4). (Reprinted with permission from the National Middle School Association, Westerville, Ohio.)

National Institute for Urban School Improvement. (2000). Improving education: The promise of inclusive schooling. Newton, MA: Author.

Oakes, J. (1985). Keeping track: How schools structure inequality. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Oakes, J. (1992). On tracking and individual differences. Educational Leadership 50(2).

Oakes, J. (1998). Detracking for high student achievement. Educational Leadership, 55(6).

Rosenbaum, J. (Winter 1999-2000). If tracking is bad, is detracking better? American Educator, 22-29.

Slavin, R., Braddock, J., Gallagher, J. (1993). Ability grouping in question: Two experts debate the fairness and effectiveness of a pervasive practice. The College Board Review, 168, 10-35.

Welner, K. & Oakes, J. (2000). Navigating the politics of detracking: Leadership Strategies. Arlington Heights, IL: SkyLight Professional Development.

Wheelock, A. (1998). Safe to be smart: Building a culture for standards-based reofrm in the middle grades. Columbus, OH: National Middle School Association.

Wheelock, A. (1992). Crossing the tracks: How "untracking" can save America's schools. New York: The New Press.

Wheelock, A. (1992). Untracking for equity: The case for untracking. Educational Leadership 50(2).

Wilson, B., Corbett, D., & Williams, B. (2000) A Discussion on school reform--Case 1: All students learning at Granite Junior High. Teachers College Record Online Edition. ID: 10619. (One-time registration is required.)