One of the reasons that America is so often praised is because of its compulsory education system, and push for equality despite one’s race or religion. But what is the point of giving education for everyone, if students of a certain race fail or pass standardized tests more consistently than others. Is it a problem with the education, the teacher, or the student? Last year, Hispanic and African American high school students scored at substantially lower rates than Asian and White students on the ACT. For example, the score of White graduates who were college ready in English at 77%, was twice that of African American students 35% (Snyder). Unfortunately, evidence of such academic achievement gaps—as measured by College Readiness Benchmarks—is …show more content…
American Indian and Native-Alaskan students represented less than 1 percent of students, but 3 percent of expulsions. Black girls were suspended at higher rates than all other girls and most boys. American Indian and Native-Alaskan girls were suspended at higher rates than white boys or girls. Nearly one in four boys of color, excepting Latino and Asian American students, with disabilities received an out-of-school suspension. One in five girls of color with disabilities received an out-of-school suspension. A quarter of the schools with the highest percentage of black and Latino students did not offer Algebra II. Black and Latino students accounted for 40 percent of enrollment at schools with gifted programs, but only represented 26 percent of students in such programs. Black, Latino and Native American students attended schools with higher concentrations of first-year teachers (3 to 4 percent) than white students (1 percent). Black students were more than three times as likely to attend schools where fewer than 60 percent of teachers meet all state certification and licensure requirements. Latino students were twice as likely to attend such schools (U.S. Department of