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Peer reviewedStone, Carolyn – Urban Review, 1998
Assessed the assignment of students in an urban system to ninth-grade mathematics courses against a meritocratic definition of fairness to determine whether the process denied access to students from particular segments of society. Results with 1611 students show that entrance to the gatekeeper mathematics courses was unfairly denied for low…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Equal Education, Grade 9
Peer reviewedAdams, David; And Others – Urban Review, 1994
Examines the predictive value of several variables on the grade point averages (GPA) for 337 Mexican American and 153 Puerto Rican urban ninth-grade students. Gender and immigration status significantly predicted GPA. English proficiency was significantly different for the two groups, and a greater number of English-proficient Mexican Americans…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Rate, English, Grade 9
