NIH R01 · 2025
Academic tracking is a widely used practice that groups students into classes according to prior academic performance. In addition to potential long-term impacts on education attainment, academic tracking may directly affect adolescent social networks and substance use behaviors. By grouping students together with similarly performing peers, tracking may reinforce school disengagement and risky health behaviors like substance use, violence, and delinquency among lower-performing students. However, no known studies examine the health implications of academic tracking nor tested whether interventions to modify tracking positively impact health. Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID)…
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