Closing the Achievement Gap on ACT & SAT

Autor/in	Anderson, David
Institution	Education Partnerships, Inc. (EPI)
Titel	Closing the Achievement Gap on ACT & SAT
Quelle	(2010), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Student Characteristics; Achievement Gap; Grade Point Average; Educational Strategies; Attendance Patterns; Class Size; Collegiality; College Entrance Examinations; Courses; Extracurricular Activities; Family Characteristics; Sociocultural Patterns; School Effectiveness; College Preparation; High School Students; Racial Differences; Ethnic Groups; Minority Group Students; Educational Research; Educational Policy; Educational Resources; Web Sites; African American Students; American Indian Students; Asian American Students; Hispanic American Students; White Students; Pacific Americans; ACT Assessment; SAT (College Admission Test) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Lehrstrategie; Klassengröße; Kollegialität; Aufnahmeprüfung; Kursangebot; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Schuleffizienz; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Rassenunterschied; Ethnie; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsmittel; Web-Design; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Assessment; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest; Hochschulzulassung
Abstract	Research has focused on four groups of factors and the achievement gap: (1) student characteristics (high school GPA, attendance patterns, courses taken in high school, participation in extra-curricular activities, etc.); (2) family characteristics (family structure, in home, parents' level of education, mobility, etc.); (3) school-based characteristics (instructional strategies, class size, expectations, curriculum, staff-collegiality, etc.); and (4) socio-cultural factors (cultural attitudes, racism, differential social "privileges," etc.). The factors with the consistently largest impact on SAT and ACT scores are student academic characteristics: their grade point average, their coursework, their academic preparation. While you can't discount the impact of the other factors it is clear that school-level factors account for the greatest portion of the achievement gap. To reduce the SAT/ACT achievement gaps it is important to have students take rigorous high school classes and assure their success in those classes. (Contains 8 online resources.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10