In the beginning of the month, the Connecticut State Board of Education voted unanimously to oppose the practice of tracking. “Tracking” is the practice of permanently assigning students for instructional purposes to an instructional group that denies voluntary association and instruction with higher achieving students, based on assessed or perceived readiness.

State board members cited research showing that tracking funnels a disproportionate number of low-income and minority students to less challenging classes, making the achievement gap a self-fulfilling prophecy.

For more information, please read the State Board of Education Resolution Regarding Tracking.