Race and the Achievement Gap By Nicole and Jackie

Scientific Racism History Stereotype Vulnerability Test Scores

History White Supremacy Harvard Educational Review Blacks and Browns were Genetically Inferior Genetic superiority was discredited by geneticists and biologists.

Stereotype Vulnerability Intimidation Created by society Hidden curriculum Acknowledgement Motivation Not academically prepared Focused on reality

….“ Were suppose to be dumb so we might as well be dumb”……..what good is a quadratic equation gonna do me if I’m picking up garbage cans?”

Test Scores Average difference in test scores is 10% lower. In California CBEST is African American Test takers 3.5 times more likely to fail. Peter Sacks estimates that for every additional $10,000 in family income a person on average gains 30 points on SAT.

The Test Themselves Racially biased Culturally Biased Content of the tests Language of the tests

Institutionalized Racism Present in sectors of : social Economic Cultural Political life Business: Housing Employment Law enforcement Courts Health-care Schools

Ending the Gap Change will come about only to response to the pressure by coalitions and alliances that cut across : Political social Class Racial Ideological lines

“ We must not allow governments, panels of corporate executives, and remote, “experts to impose a singular view of curriculum and learning.”

THE END !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jackie and Nicole