tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post3419593753824515758..comments2024-03-28T00:28:06.035+13:00Comments on leading and learning: Teachers using ablity grouping contributing to growing inequality in schools!!Bruce Hammondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-208836261775365722014-11-03T11:12:48.738+13:002014-11-03T11:12:48.738+13:00To be honest I can't think of any schools not ...To be honest I can't think of any schools not using ability groups. Worse still I can think of schools who have moved into cross setting for reading and maths. Even classes streamed by ability - as determined by maths/reading abilities. And I believe it will get worse with National Standards. <br /><br />Interestingly there was a programme on National Radio talking last Sunday about maths and reading ( NZ going down in PISA rankings ) and an answer was to move away from ability grouping!!<br /><br />To suggest to principals to move away from ability grouping show them the research ( see books in my blog) or get them to provide evidence to support ability groups. Be hard to find!Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-65734199414162995042014-11-03T00:28:42.445+13:002014-11-03T00:28:42.445+13:00Every school I have ever been in has actively prom...Every school I have ever been in has actively promoted the use of ability groups for reading and maths, and increasingly for writing. I've never really run with the writing one, thinking individual help was more effective than group, but had never questioned the reasonings for or against ability grouping for reading and maths. I do recall in one or two other posts by you that you have said that ability grouping was countrer-productive. I'm wondering how brave one would have to be to go against the expectations of their principal to abandon ability groupsing....melulaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00912265739435105092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-79406276324926210512014-10-31T14:19:14.849+13:002014-10-31T14:19:14.849+13:00You are right of course and with the imposition o...You are right of course and with the imposition of National Standards literacy and numeracy dominate the timetable more than ever and makes ability grouping. setting and streaming even more hardwired. Wait until 'we' get League Tables and performance agreements.Bruce Hammondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07031065790535111400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8438349.post-33387597935715185832014-10-31T10:35:37.556+13:002014-10-31T10:35:37.556+13:00I bet there are few classes that don't use abi...I bet there are few classes that don't use ability grouping - but, like you, It has always worried me. For all the positive talk by teachers it is more for their convenience than students success - particularly the 'low' groups ( your weksa!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com