quiz 5

Question 1

coleman report

Answer 1

• investigated underachievement in poor students
• data drawn from over 600,000 students and teachers
• found that students achievement is more dependent on social composition of the school than quality of the school
• student achievement is related to their sense of environment and future

Question 2

gains made by specific groups in education

Answer 2

Bilingual education: total immersion, special english classes, bilingual
Higher Education Act: funding for women programs, extended to public schools, increase women as administrators,
Public Law 94-142: LRE and inclusion

Question 3

Elementary and education act

Answer 3

• targeted poor and minority children in urban american schools
• federal funding for school programs (social enrichment, library improvement, parental involvement, nutrition and medicine