Aotearoa New Zealand’s high school teachers’ union recently approved a policy to end streaming – also known as “ability grouping” – in New Zealand high schools by 2030. So what does the new PPTA Te Wehengarua high school teachers’ union policy actually say? The PPTA policy claims “streaming creates and exacerbates inequity” and “Māori and Pasifika students bear an inequitable burden” from the harms of streaming. International research shows that streaming actively widens differences in achievement, self-confidence, and enjoyment of school between students in high and low streams. If streaming and ability grouping is to be removed from our schools, then something needs to be put in its place.

Source: Stuff October 07, 2022 21:27 UTC