Organizing pupils partly by assessed achievement. The commonly used label ability grouping should not imply that a placement measures a fixed innate capacity; grouping format, movement and instruction must be specified.
Organizing smaller groups inside a shared class for some instruction. Flexible grouping for a particular learning goal differs from a permanent whole-curriculum stream.
Regrouping pupils by current attainment for a particular subject. The educational effect depends on assessment, movement, teaching and the comparison arrangement rather than the name alone.
Assigning pupils to a group across much of the curriculum. It differs from subject setting and from task-specific within-class grouping, and can concentrate differences in curriculum or opportunity across subjects.
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