school grouping

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school grouping An organizational constraint in mass education systems. So-called inter-school groupings define types of schools and the relation between them. Intra-school grouping defines the internal allocation of pupils to school classes. Conflicting school pedagogies in use typically cause grouping to vary by age, gender, educability, or cultural factors such as religion and language.

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