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ability grouping

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track system

 
–noun Education.
a system whereby students are separated into different groups or classes according to test scores or relative scholastic ability, as to assure that gifted students are not inhibited by slower learners.
Also, tracking system.
Also called tracking, ability grouping.

Origin:
1955–60
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ability grouping  
n.  

  1. The practice of placing students with others with comparable skills or needs, as in classes or in groups within a class.

  2. See tracking.

track·ing   (trāk'ĭng)   
n.  

  1. The placing of students in any of several courses of study according to ability, achievement, or needs. Also called ability grouping.

  2. A control mechanism that adjusts that lateral pressure of a phonograph needle as it tracks in a groove.

  3. A control mechanism that adjusts the position of a magnetic tape as it moves across magnetic heads, as in a VCR.

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