... themselves and their pupils, since their agendas would share the same interests. In theory, if everyone is taught the materials in basically the same way, it will slowly separate the gap in successful and unsuccessful education. From this, the test supporters feel that educational standards will rise with new challenges, the tests acting as a, "springboard for discussion for students, ... disabled, poor and minorities, these tests are not an effective measurement of the students" skills (High Stakes Testing). Standardized tests will most definitely increase the drop out rate, furthering ...

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... success of African American children in public schools is contingent on the children acquiescing to white culture and losing vestiges of 1 Cynthia L. Jackson, African American Education (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, Inc., 2001) 268. themselves." 2 Research on the experiences of African American students has supported these attitudes. Research and observations quite often find that African Americans in the public schooling system are ... major culprit seems to be the schools with focus being towards the teachers" insensitive and dismissing standard curricula as culturally biased. Jawanza Kun...

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