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They find black and Hispanic students were more likely to be disciplined conditional on receiving a referral for «minor misbehavior» than were their white peers.

African - American students are far more likely than their white peers to receive a subpar education, in larger classes taught by unqualified teachers in decaying buildings, according to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Penn State University professor, David Ramey, detailed in a study two years ago that black children are more - likely than white peers to be suspended, expelled, and even sent to jail for the same acts of misbehavior; white children, on the other hand, are more - likely to be referred to psychologists and other medical professionals.

Black students continue to be disciplined at school more often and more harshly than their white peers, often for similar infractions, according to a new report by Congress's nonpartisan watchdog agency, which counters claims fueling the Trump administration's efforts to re-examine discipline policies of the Obama administration.

In Tennessee, for example, the state's traditional districts need only to ensure that 42.8 percent of black high school students are proficient in Algebra I during the 2012 - 2013 school year, some 20 percentage points lower than the rate of proficiency for white peers.

While the state eventual aims to ensure that two - thirds of all black high school students are proficient in Algebra, that level of proficiency is still nearly 15 points lower than that for their white peers.

That's nearly 20 percentage points lower than the proficiency expectations the Evergreen State has set for districts in improving achievement of white middle - school students, which, in turn, are slightly lower than for Asian peers.

Then there is North Carolina, which expects that its districts will get only 61.7 percent of black students in grades three - through eight toward reading proficiency in 2012 - 2013, while expecting only 64.7 percent of Latino and 65.2 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native kids to become proficient in reading; by 2014 - 2015, far lower than the proficiency rates for white and Asian peers; Tar Heel State leaders expect districts bring black, Latino, and Native students to proficiency levels of 69.3 percent, 71.7 percent, and 72.2 percent, respectively, by 2015.

But she, along with Ushomirsky and Williams illustrate that in the case of Florida, where the proficiency levels for black students in A-ranked schools are, on average, four percentage points lower than for white peers in C - ranked schools.

As Ushomirsky, Williams, and Hall point, out, the average gap in on - track performance rate for black and white students in Recognized schools is 18 percentage points, a mere two points better than for peers in low - performing schools.

Numerous studies have indicated that while most student aspire to attend college, less than half are academically qualified for postsecondary success and the rates for minority populations are significantly higher than their white peers.

For example, DPI changed how it measures the closing of achievement gaps so that it now compares minority groups with white peers statewide, rather than at the same school.

In Tennessee, districts will only need only to ensure that two - thirds of all black high school students are proficient in Algebra in the next few years, 15 points lower than that for their white peers.

This has resulted in states such as Tennessee letting traditional districts get away with low bar goals, such as ensuring that 42.8 percent of black high school students are proficient in Algebra I during the 2012 - 2013 school year, some 20 percentage points lower than the rate of proficiency for white peers.

Looking at the VDOE information you provide, the Old Dominion state actually has more aggressive (math) growth goals for the marginalized subgroups than their white / Asian peers.

These mindsets tend to be less systematically reinforced for black students than for their white peers.

While the number of students who are expelled or sent home for misbehaving in D.C. public schools and public charter schools has decreased overall, recent findings show that black students are nearly seven times more likely to be suspended than their white peers.

As a Penn State University professor, David Ramey, detailed in a study published last month in Sociology of Education, black children are more - likely than white peers to be suspended, expelled, and even sent to jail for the same acts of misbehavior; white children, on the other hand, are more - likely to be referred to psychologists and other medical professionals.

Culling through federal Office for Civil Rights data for 3,022 districts in 13 southern states, researchers Edward J. Smith and Shaun R. Harper determined that black kids were far more - likely to be suspended at more - disproportionate levels than white peers.

Ferguson - Florissant's percentage of white kids labeled as special ed is just slightly higher than the 5.7 percent for their Caucasian peers in St. Louis.

The analysis shows that students of color suffer harsher discipline for lesser offenses than their white peers and that racial bias is a driver of discipline disparities.»

Looking at the exact same behavior, a study in 2011 found that «African American and Latino students were more likely than their White peers to receive expulsions or OSS as consequences for the same or similar problem behaviors.

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Although most probands were employed (83.7 %) and their median income was above that for white males in New York State (in 2007: $ 52 370), 24 they fared much more poorly economically than their non-ADHD peers.