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I agree with everything you said, ek. My husband grew up in Germany, where kids are tracked in 4th grade on the basis of a standardized test. I believe that now there is other input, teacher recommendations, etc., but still, 4th grade! There are 3 tracks - the highest track is for kids headed to college, the lowest track trains for jobs like auto mechanics, and ends about 8th grade. Even though we don't do this formally here, and things are much more fluid, some kids are still effectively shut out very early from certain paths.
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