More groups are issuing calls for streaming in schools to be abandoned. 

The Post Primary Teachers' Association has recently claimed that there is no evidence that putting students of similar abilities together improves their academic performance.

Tim O'Connor, Headmaster of Auckland Grammar, is here to speak in defence of academic streaming.

"Streaming actually can help the less able, probably the most. Because you can actually direct extra resources to them, you can lower class numbers, you can put an extra teacher in there."

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