verb
- to remove a student from a streamed class or academic track, typically to a lower or mixed-ability group
Usage: chiefly British; education
Examples
- The school decided to destream students in Year 7 to reduce inequality.
- After struggling with advanced mathematics, she was destreamed into a mixed-ability class.
- Many educators argue that destreaming benefits lower-performing students by reducing stigma.
- The district's policy to destream all ninth-graders was controversial among parents.
- He was destreamed from the gifted program when his test scores declined.