• Sorting

    Verb

    1. Present participle of sort

    Noun

    sorting

    (plural sortings)
    1. (ordering)Ordering.
    2. (categorizing)Categorizing.
      • 2013-07-19, Peter Wilby, Finland spreads word on schools, Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.
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