The essay attempts to discuss the ethicality as well as the effectiveness of tracking students in order to help organize and keep track of students easier. Tracking and labeling students creates the opportunity for the self-fulfilling prophecy to occur. So when teachers label students as average or below average often students perform at the same level unconsciously. Unfortunately, this only helps a select few, those who receive a “good” label such as gifted or accelerated as it sets the standard for the learning environment for the teacher as well as the student. Tracking students is not the issue, however, it is how students are treated as well as the quality of education that students receive as a result of human error and the inability