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Links to articles and sites are listed below:
A link to the Ed Leadership article on detracking and the IB
can be found on the rvcschools.org website. Go to South Side High School. Click on "South Side High School's IB program featured in the premier magazine for educators"

NEW Several excellent studies on detracking from the recent AERA conference
http://smarshallperry.com/main/tracking/2007acceptedpapers.htm
An article on a teacher initiated detracking reform in Denver
http://www.headfirstcolorado.org/files/East_Tracks1158341699.pdf
Describes detracking in mathematics and its effects on student achievement.
http://www.kirwaninstitute.org/documents/Math%20acceleration%20for%20all-C%20Burris.pdf
Describes how detracking helped close the achievement gap in an integrated suburban high school
http://www.pdkintl.org/kappan/k_v86/k0504bur.htm
Describes detracking from a k-12 perspective:
http://www.aasa.org/publications/saarticledetail.cfm?ItemNumber=1226
A commentary on detracking:
http://kirwaninstitute.org/documents/When%20excellence%20and%20equity%20thrive-Carol%20Corbett%20Burris.pdf
Link to the special interest group on tracking of the American Educational Research Association:
http://greaneyperry.com/tracking/index.htm
An excellent booklet on the politics of detracking by Welner and Oakes:
http://www.idea.gseis.ucla.edu/publications/detracking/index.html

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CCorbettBurris - Posted 02/18/2008 06:52 PM

Rockville Centre's visitors day dedicated to detracking will be April 14, 2008. Contact dgarrity@rvcschools.org for more information.

CCorbettBurris - Posted 08/30/2007 07:49 AM

Another article on detracking: http://www.aasa.org/publications/saarticledetail.cfm?ItemNumber=9329&snItemNumber=950&tnItemNumber=

Hilda - Posted 06/15/2007 08:16 PM

This is the introduction to Wheelock's book, Crossing the Tracks. It is worth the read! http://www.middleweb.com/Whlcktrack.html

CCorbettBurris - Posted 05/25/2007 09:13 PM

Here is a link to the Newsweek list of the Best 100 Schools. #9, the Preuss School is a school with no tracks, and #42 South Side has no tracking through grade 10.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18757087/site/newsweek/

alvarez - Posted 05/12/2007 07:37 AM

Here is a short article from ERIC that does a good job summarizing strategies for detracking:
http://www.ericdigests.org/1992-1/senior.htm