Right-- the problem isn't going to be solved by placing high ability students with those who need remedial pacing/material.
The underlying problem being one of non-enriched educational opportunity...
what the research seems to actually show is that ALL children do well with ENRICHED learning environments. But that is not the same thing as saying that they all achieve like HG+ learners. They don't-- but too many administrators think that the two things should be the same.
Placing high ability and low achievement kids in the same classrooms and giving them ALL the same instruction doesn't serve anyone very well. Giving them similar opportunities and enrichment within their on-level instruction is a GREAT idea, however-- but you've made that task a LOT harder if there is too wide a range of readiness and ideal pacing within that classroom.
