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Institute for Independent Education, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1989
Each year, African American high school students in grades 11 and 12 take the College Board/Educational Testing Service Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations. Large numbers of these students are not successful. Nationally, African Americans take a total of 13,844 examinations and 5,447 qualify for advanced placement. This means that 61 percent of…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Black Education, Black Students, College Preparation
National Coalition of Education Activists, Rosendale, NY. – 1992
This document includes a selection of materials from the National Coalition of Education Activists (NCEA) on tracking and ability grouping designed to be a tool for teachers who wish to organize their school or district against tracking. The packet contains a cover letter, a response/feedback form, and reproductions of the following articles: (1)…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Affirmative Action, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Discrimination
Carrera, John Willshire – 1989
This document is a guide to the immigrant student's legal right of access to public schools based on the 1982 United States Supreme Court ruling in "Plyler v. Doe" (457 U.S. 202). Following an introduction, the first of three sections, "School Practices," addresses everyday school practices by outlining prohibited and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Child Advocacy, Civil Rights, Court Litigation
Carrera, John Willshire – 1992
This updated version of a 1989 document of the same title represents a guide to the immigrant student's legal right of access to public schools based on the 1982 United States Supreme Court ruling in "Plyler v. Doe." Following an introduction, the first of three sections, "School Practices," addresses everyday school practices…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Child Advocacy, Civil Rights, Court Litigation
Peer reviewedMitchell, Bruce M. – Roeper Review, 1988
A proper proportion of low-income participants and children of color should be identified for gifted/talented education programs. A modified quota system can be implemented by combining the use of intelligence tests and behavioral scales with individualized selection procedures that provide special consideration for poor, minority, and handicapped…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Admission Criteria, Cultural Differences, Disabilities
Donovan, M. Suzanne, Ed.; Cross, Christopher T., Ed. – 2002
This book discusses findings and recommendations of the Committee on Minority Representation in Special Education of the National Research Council. In chapter 1, the current study of the disproportion of minorities in special and gifted education is put into historical context. In chapter 2, an analysis of federal data on the representation of…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences, Disabilities
National Coalition of Advocates for Students, Boston, MA. – 1985
A study is documented which sought to determine changes needed in U.S. schools by examining the problems of young people whose learning is hampered by (1) schools that serve them inadequately; (2) educators' expectations that they will not succeed; (3) denial of access to special needs programs; (4) fiscal policies that limit educational services;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Curriculum Problems, Disadvantaged, Early Childhood Education
