It was the first in the series to provide comparisons
by racial and ethnic group.
The vast majority of state accountability systems simply report the average scores for each school, sometimes disaggregating
by racial and ethnic groups.
Beginning in 2011, however, the U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) began asking schools to provide basic information on enrollment in such programs and to break out that enrollment
by racial and ethnic groups.
Not exact matches
The topics do not include any
racial,
ethnic, or socioeconomic
groups and all the topics are chosen
by the Hater team, not
by the users.
* Note: I acknowledge there are many other
racial and ethnic issues to be addressed
by the Church regarding
ethnic groups living in the U.S.. However, I am primarily speaking to the issue I know
and live while trying to respect the fact that only so many things can be discussed in one blog post.
According to the latest census, the Asian population in the United States grew
by 43.3 % between 2000
and 2010, the largest percentage increase of any
ethnic or
racial group.
There is a fundamental difference between the normal joshing between members of various
ethnic and racial groups — what Dawidowicz referred to as low - key «antagonisms» —
and the conventional understanding of anti-Semitism as irrational
and unfounded hostility toward Jews, often accompanied
by discrimination in employment
and housing, for example,
and by violent attacks.
♦ A colleague at Harvard passes on this broadsheet issued
by the «Coalition for Civil Rights,» a
group made up of «spokespersons» for myriad
ethnic and racial minorities, plus gays, lesbians,
and assorted lifestyle liberationisms.
Critical Anglo - American intellectuals could not easily turn to nor be accepted
by other
racial and ethnic groups.
«The result is our bill is supported
by more than 120
groups that exemplify New York State's rich
ethnic,
racial, cultural, religious
and geographic diversity — from local arts non-profits to immigration advocates to labor unions
and more.»
Hispanics are the largest
racial and ethnic minority
group in the U.S. Currently, nearly one in six people living in the U.S. (almost 57 million) is Hispanic,
and this is projected to increase to nearly one in four (more than 85 million)
by 2035.
The relatively small number of applications for some of the
racial and ethnic groups, coupled with the large number of NIH institutes, did not allow us to evaluate award probabilities
by institute.
The NSF program seeks to enhance U.S. leadership in science
and technology while increasing participation
by underrepresented
groups, including women, members of
racial and ethnic groups, persons with disabilities,
and persons with low socio - economic status.
Investigators led
by Jeffrey Drope, Ph.D., writing in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, say these populations include individuals in lower education
and / or socioeconomic
groups; from certain
racial /
ethnic groups; in the lesbian, gay, bisexual,
and transgender community; with mental illness;
and in the military, particularly among those in the lowest pay grades.
The program is open to individuals from gender,
racial,
ethnic,
and other
groups underrepresented in the life sciences at the career stages targeted
by this program, including those individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Yet they were the
racial and ethnic group least likely,
by far, to undergo recommended screening.
The UK is becoming a
racial melting pot with a surge in the number of relationships
and marriages across
ethnic dividing lines in the last decade, according to official figures.But while the number of people from black, Asian
and mixed - race backgrounds settling down with someone from another
group have all risen, white people remain
by far the most segregated on the domestic front.
The report gives only passing attention to the positive impact of NCLB on the education of the most disadvantaged students, a consequence of the requirement to report performance
by specific subgroups (e.g.,
racial and ethnic groups and the economically disadvantaged).
By the time they're five
and entering kindergarten, children begin to identify with an
ethnic group to which they belong
and are able to explore the range of differences within
and between
racial /
ethnic groups.
The stereotype can also be used to pit Asian Americans against other
racial minorities, leading to verbal
and physical harassment
by non-Asian American peers or a distorted portrait of other
ethnic groups as lazy or disruptive.
This map includes state -
by - state graduation rate data, as well as state graduation rates for historically disadvantaged
racial and ethnic groups.
[17][18] States must collect
and review district - level data on how rates of identification — overall,
by educational setting
and disability category — vary across
racial and ethnic groups with no adjustments for variables that correlate with need for services.
In addition, TAAS breaks down scores, dropout figures,
and attendance rates
by racial,
ethnic,
and economic
groups.
They begin
by looking at the likelihood that young people from different
racial and ethnic groups would be in a position to potentially become teachers.
States would now be required to use a standard methodology for comparing
racial and ethnic groups and to use quota - like «reasonable thresholds» allowed
by the Department for determining when minorities are over-represented.
The prize was awarded Sept. 16
by the Los Angeles - based Eli
and Edythe Broad Foundation, which bestows the award annually to a city school district that has made notable strides in improving achievement, especially in closing gaps between students of different
racial and ethnic groups.
The report, released Nov. 16
by the New York City - based Public Agenda research
group, found that low - income parents
and those who are members of
racial and ethnic minorities are more interested in an academic focus than are wealthier
and white parents.
Seventy percent of all non-graduates were members of minority
racial and ethnic groups, indicating that minority students are disproportionately affected
by this graduation crisis.
And one reason may be that black students are more likely than students in any other
racial or
ethnic group to attend schools with police, according to the analysis of 2013 - 14 civil rights data, the most recent collected
by the U.S. Department of Education.
By a wide margin, survey respondents oppose requirements to balance discipline rates across
racial and ethnic groups,
and a plurality of the public opposes requirements that teachers pay fees to cover collective bargaining costs even if they do not join the teachers union.
Figure 3 displays trends
by racial or
ethnic group between 1978
and 2008 in mathematics
and reading scores for 13 - year - olds from the NAEP Long - Term Trend Assessment.
Those
groups include
racial and ethnic minorities
and students who are from low - income families, speak limited English, or have disabilities — as long as enough students in each category meet minimum
group sizes set
by each...
For a school or district to make adequate yearly progress, both the overall student population
and each subgroup of students — major
racial and ethnic groups, children from low - income families, students with disabilities,
and students with limited proficiency in English — must meet or exceed the target set
by the state.
But the record looks entirely different
and much more positive when long - term NAEP trend data is broken out
by racial /
ethnic group.
All of these gains
by racial /
ethnic groups were significant,
and all exceeded the insignificant overall change of 2 points in math
and 1 point in reading at age 17.
The hope was that
by identifying historically disadvantaged students — which includes economically disadvantaged students,
racial /
ethnic groups, students with disabilities,
and students with limited English proficiency — greater attention
and resources leading to academic achievement would be given to these marginalized students.
The website offers an overview of performance
and detailed information on a range of indicators of school climate
and conditions, success in preparing students for college
and career opportunities
and achievement on standardized tests — all broken down
by a dozen student
groups, including low - income students, English learners, students with disabilities
and other
racial and ethnic groups, to highlight disparities in achievement.
The No Child law, signed
by President George W. Bush in 2002, requires testing in reading
and math from grades 3 through 8
and once in high school,
and reporting of scores for
groups of students including
racial and ethnic minorities.
They are called on to promote equal educational opportunities for children in identified
racial and ethnic groups, to monitor their development
and academic achievement,
and to address the unique challenges
and opportunities faced
by school board members working with issues concerning these students
and their families.
«Although these criteria would prohibit the establishment of schools designed for any single
racial or
ethnic group, the committee appreciates the complexity of this issue
and suggests that the Legislature might wish to deal separately with voluntarily segregated schools established
by minority
groups.»
That's why in recent years, GreatSchools has expanded data collection efforts in every state to include various types of school quality data broken down
by student
groups, including students from low - income families, diverse
racial and ethnic backgrounds,
and students with disabilities.
Although the percentage of white students in the country has declined dramatically over the past 50 years, while the percentage of black students has changed very little, the achievement levels of black students compared to white students (
and other
racial /
ethnic groups) has barely narrowed, according to a study
by University of Illinois economist Steven Rivkin.
Founded in 1996 at Harvard University
by Orfield
and Christopher Edley, the CRP's mission is to create a new generation of research in social science
and law on the critical issues of civil rights
and equal opportunity for
racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
This movement has been induced
by differences in school readiness
and academic achievement between socioeconomic
and racial /
ethnic groups,
and has shown that early interventions are cost effective
and generally have the capacity to narrow achievement differences.
Aligning a high - quality PreK experience with its overall education reform goals has helped MCPS achieve significant results: almost 90 percent of Kindergarteners enter first grade with essential early literacy skills; nearly 88 percent of third graders read proficiently; achievement gaps between different
racial and ethnic groups across all grade levels have declined
by double digits; 90 percent of seniors graduate from high school
and about 77 percent of them enroll in college.
In addition, states are required to disaggregate these indicators, excluding English language proficiency,
by individual subgroups of students, including those from low - income families, those from major
racial and ethnic groups, those with disabilities,
and English language learners.
Despite these gains, the rate of progress has varied among these
racial /
ethnic groups and differences
by race / ethnicity persist in terms of increases in attainment
and progress on key indicators of educational performance.
But ESSA also creates a pilot program allowing up to seven states to experiment with local assessments that could eventually be used statewide.73 As under NCLB, test results must be disaggregated
and reported at the school level
and by student subgroups, such as
racial and ethnic groups, students designated as economically disadvantaged,
and students with disabilities.
Report the progress of achievement in schools
and districts
by categories of student — e.g., grade level,
racial and ethnic group, socioeconomic status, limited English proficiency, special education.
Our school profiles now include important information in addition to test scores — factors that make a big difference in how children experience school, such as how much a school helps students improve academically, how well a school supports students from different socioeconomic,
racial and ethnic groups,
and whether or not some
groups of students are disproportionately affected
by the school's discipline
and attendance policies.