To some, this indicated that the assignment plan was hiding rather than solving problems: pupils were still failing, but they were just dispersed.

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In 2009, University of Chicago researchers dug into the data and found problems, such as in the random assignment of students.

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Problems must not be passed from one assignment to another.

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