But while the African - American girls who had been in small classes enjoyed persistent academic
gains through sixth grade — three years after they had returned to regular classes — and were more likely to take college -
entrance exams several years later, the
gains for African - American boys tapered off dramatically in fourth grade, as
soon as they returned to regular classes.
Pop Art was quicker than any other art movement of the twentieth century to
gain entrance to art markets, and was widely exhibited and enthusiastically received as
soon as it began to emerge on the scene in the USA.