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"Tracking Sorts by Ability Alone"
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Reading tracking as pure ability-sorting ignores the self-fulfilling prophecy: placement shapes the expectations a student then receives.
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Two students of comparable measured ability placed on different tracks in the same grade diverge in later coursework as each track's expectations take effect.
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The dispute is not whether ability varies; it is whether placement measures ability or produces the gap it claims to reflect.