1. 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.