Students with the weakest skills relative to their peers need close monitoring and support regardless of whether their achievement is low or high relative to a national comparison¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2014 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The report concludes that support needs follow relative position within the class, not national achievement standing: students weakest relative to peers need close monitoring and support. → Elaine Allensworth and Takako Nomi 2014

Evidence¶

Elaine Allensworth and Takako Nomi 2014¶

Elaine Allensworth and Takako Nomi. (2014). Skill-Based Sorting in the Era of College Prep for All. University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/skill-based-sorting-era-college-prep-all-costs-and-benefits

q2 · i? · causal · r?

Drawing on its findings about which students fare worst under sorting, the report states that "students with the weakest skills relative to their peers need close monitoring and support." The release offers no data beyond this recommendation-level statement.

"Students with the weakest skills relative to their peers need close monitoring and support, regardless of whether they have low- or high-achievement relative to a national comparison."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• How students are sorted into classrooms by skill level can affect their achievement as much as the content they are taught — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• Criterion-referenced tests indicate whether a particular skill or objective has been achieved rather than comparing performance to other test takers — related
• Double-dose algebra was least effective for students with the weakest incoming skills, most of whom received special education services — reports the opposite