Tracking is the separation of students by academic ability into high performing, average, and below average "tracks". Students are tracked as early as fourth grade. Allen Chen compares three tracked students and makes the points that the U.S. is evolving, but the education system remains the same and that student tracking needs to end.
Allen Chen plans to go into education reform to craft policies that consider the perspectives of not only theorists, but also students, teachers, and communities. A Westlake High School (Westlake Village, California, U.S.A.) senior and active member of his community, Allen serves as a Westminster Free Clinic student manager, and as a student counselor and basketball coach at the Thousand Oaks Chinese School. With a lifelong interest in music, he plays violin in the Westlake High School and Conejo Valley Youth Orchestras.
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