1.   The male students were randomly assigned to one of four groups.

2.   Tracking assigns some students to college prep and others to vocational programs.

3.   Assistance in making these choices is given by the Director of Studies to whom each student is assigned on joining the University.

4.   Boston currently assigns students to schools based on choice and race.

5.   A federal appeals court, however, ruled in December that the city could not use race in assigning students to Boston Latin School.

6.   A lottery assigns students who request the most popular schools, but they are guaranteed a seat in their neighborhood school.

7.   Administrators assign students to the houses, creating a social mix to their liking.

8.   Currently, students are assigned to schools based on race and parental choice.

9.   Earlier that day, a federal judge had ordered the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system to end busing and stop assigning students to schools based on race.

10.   Students are assigned to classes on the basis of their understanding of a subject rather than their age.