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Page iii
... backgrounds of the students , the education of their parents , and the attitudes the pupils have toward themselves and their ability to affect their own destinies , as well as their academic aspirations . education can be obtained by ...
... backgrounds of the students , the education of their parents , and the attitudes the pupils have toward themselves and their ability to affect their own destinies , as well as their academic aspirations . education can be obtained by ...
Page vi
... background as they are . Among minority groups , Negroes are by far the most segregated . Taking all groups , however , white children are most segregated . Almost 80 percent of all white pupils in 1st grade and 12th grade attend ...
... background as they are . Among minority groups , Negroes are by far the most segregated . Taking all groups , however , white children are most segregated . Almost 80 percent of all white pupils in 1st grade and 12th grade attend ...
Page 8
... backgrounds , level of education of their parents , and certain items in their homes ( such as encyclopedias , daily news- papers , etc. ) are based on pupil responses to questionnaires . The pupils also answered ques- tions about their ...
... backgrounds , level of education of their parents , and certain items in their homes ( such as encyclopedias , daily news- papers , etc. ) are based on pupil responses to questionnaires . The pupils also answered ques- tions about their ...
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... background of the students is taken into account . It is known that socioeconomic factors bear a strong relation to academic achievement . When these factors are statistically controlled , however , for only a small fraction of ...
... background of the students is taken into account . It is known that socioeconomic factors bear a strong relation to academic achievement . When these factors are statistically controlled , however , for only a small fraction of ...
Page 22
... background - both his own level of education and that of his parents . On both of these measures , the level of ... backgrounds and aspirations of the other students in the school . Only crude measures of these variables were used ...
... background - both his own level of education and that of his parents . On both of these measures , the level of ... backgrounds and aspirations of the other students in the school . Only crude measures of these variables were used ...
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Page 695 - Georgia 12. Hawaii 13. Idaho 14. Illinois 15. Indiana 16. Iowa 17. Kansas 18. Kentucky 19. Louisiana 20. Maine 21. Maryland 22. Massachusetts 23. Michigan 24. Minnesota 25. Mississippi 26. Missouri 27. Montana 28. Nebraska 29. Nevada 30. New Hampshire 31. New Jersey 32. New Mexico 33. New York 34. North Carolina 35. North Dakota 36. Ohio 37. Oklahoma 38.
Page 23 - The responses of pupils to questions in the survey show that minority pupils, except for Orientals, have far less conviction than whites that they can affect their own environments and futures.
Page 315 - That schools bring little-^ influence to bear on a child's achievement that is independent of his background and general social context...
Page 20 - What they measure are the skills which are among the most important in our society for getting a good job and moving up to a better one, and for full participation in an increasingly technical world.
Page iii - Congress, within two years of the enactment of this title, concerning the lack of availability of equal educational opportunities for individuals by reason of race, color, religion, or national origin in public educational institutions at all levels in the United States, its territories and possessions, and the District of Columbia.
Page 39 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota...
Page 22 - To put it another way, the achievement of minority pupils depends more on the schools they attend than does the achievement of majority pupils.
Page 633 - Manager— such as sales manager, store manager, office manager, factory supervisor, etc. Proprietor or owner— such as owner of a small business, wholesaler, retailer, contractor, restaurant owner, etc.
Page 21 - Thus, by this measure, the deficiency in achievement is progressively greater for the minority pupils at progressively higher grade levels. For most minority groups, then, and most particularly the Negro, schools provide little opportunity for them to overcome this initial deficiency; in fact they fall farther behind the white majority in the development of several skills which are critical to making a living and participating fully in modern society.
Page 546 - The standard error is primarily a measure of sampling variability, that is, of the variations that occur by chance because a sample rather than the whole of the population is surveyed.