Our elementary school used "modified" grouping. For third grade, students went to workshops - such as comma workshops and when they understood the material, they attended another class that was taught by an incredible teacher where they learned all kinds of topics.
Instead of reading groups, they had "book clubs". In this school, many students were reading five years ahead and this made the books more interesting.
I grew up in the "tracking" days and even though it is taboo now, everyone is trying to get back to the education we had with the elephant in the room.
