This study investigated the effects of placement in ability groups on how 215 7th grade students felt about school and themselves. Past research has suggested that ability grouping has no consistent significant effects on attitudes toward school but that this procedure has appeared to have considerable effects on self-concept. Three inventories were administered to 215 7th grade students. The hypothesis of no difference between means of ability groups on each of the three attitude scales for each of four school subjects was tested, using an unweighted means solution for the analysis of variance, and was supported for attitudes toward school and self-concept.
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