Ability tracking and class size have become two of the most hotly debated issues in education policy in the United States in recent years. Most current studies examine the effects of each policy in isolation. In this paper, I review the literature on class size, ability tracking, and school choice, and then make a case for separate classes of different sizes for students with different levels of ability. The proposal is designed as a compromise that could please many on all sides of the class size and ability tracking debates. A game theoretical analysis of the proposal shows that it produces a stable equilibrium when parents can move their children between classes of different sizes.
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