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Table 3.

Studies grouped by thematic themes: quality, equity and inclusion

Author	Year	School	Country	Type of ability grouping	Main focus	Impact
Collins and Gan	2013	Primary	The USA: Dallas	Between-Class	Quality	Positive
Duflo et al.	2011	Primary	Kenya	Between-Class	Quality	Positive
Pierce et al.	2011	Primary	The USA	Within-Class: Gifted	Quality	Positive
Sorensen et al.	2017	Primary and secondary	The USA: North Carolina	Between-Class	Quality	Positive
Boaler and foster	2021	Secondary	The USA	Between-Class	Quality	Negative
Burris et al.	2006	Secondary	The USA: Long Island	Between-Class	Quality	Negative
Deunk et al.	2018	Primary	The USA, the UK and Australia	Between, within-Class	Quality	Negative
Gupta et al.	2023	Secondary	Rural China	Between-Class	Quality and inclusion	Quality: Negative inclusion: Positive
Archer et al.	2018	Secondary	England	Between-Class	Equity	Negative
Hartas	2018	Secondary	England and Wales	Between-Class	Equity	Negative
Von Hippel and Cañedo	2022	Primary	The USA	Within-Class	Equity	Negative
Boliver and Capsada-Munsech	2021	Primary and secondary	The UK	Between and within-Class	Inclusion	Negative
Campbell	2021	Primary and secondary	England	Ability grouping	Inclusion	Negative
Francome and Hewitt	2018	Secondary	England	Between-Class	Inclusion	Negative
McDool	2019	Primary and secondary	The UK	Between-Class	Inclusion	Negative
Legette and Kurtz-Costes	2020	Secondary	The USA	Between-Class	Inclusion	Mixed
Parker et al.	2021	Primary and secondary	28 countries: OECD in 2003	Within-School between-School	Inclusion	Mixed

Author	Year	School	Country	Type of ability grouping	Main focus	Impact
Collins and Gan	2013	Primary	The USA: Dallas	Between-Class	Quality	Positive
Duflo et al.	2011	Primary	Kenya	Between-Class	Quality	Positive
Pierce et al.	2011	Primary	The USA	Within-Class: Gifted	Quality	Positive
Sorensen et al.	2017	Primary and secondary	The USA: North Carolina	Between-Class	Quality	Positive
Boaler and foster	2021	Secondary	The USA	Between-Class	Quality	Negative
Burris et al.	2006	Secondary	The USA: Long Island	Between-Class	Quality	Negative
Deunk et al.	2018	Primary	The USA, the UK and Australia	Between, within-Class	Quality	Negative
Gupta et al.	2023	Secondary	Rural China	Between-Class	Quality and inclusion	Quality: Negative inclusion: Positive
Archer et al.	2018	Secondary	England	Between-Class	Equity	Negative
Hartas	2018	Secondary	England and Wales	Between-Class	Equity	Negative
Von Hippel and Cañedo	2022	Primary	The USA	Within-Class	Equity	Negative
Boliver and Capsada-Munsech	2021	Primary and secondary	The UK	Between and within-Class	Inclusion	Negative
Campbell	2021	Primary and secondary	England	Ability grouping	Inclusion	Negative
Francome and Hewitt	2018	Secondary	England	Between-Class	Inclusion	Negative
McDool	2019	Primary and secondary	The UK	Between-Class	Inclusion	Negative
Legette and Kurtz-Costes	2020	Secondary	The USA	Between-Class	Inclusion	Mixed
Parker et al.	2021	Primary and secondary	28 countries: OECD in 2003	Within-School between-School	Inclusion	Mixed

Note(s): OECD: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development; the UK: the United Kingdom; the USA: the United States

Source(s): Author’s own work