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Monitoring Educational Equity (Paperback)
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Monitoring Educational Equity (Paperback)
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Disparities in educational attainment among population groups have
characterized the United States throughout its history. Education
is sometimes characterized as the "great equalizer," but to date,
the country has not found ways to successfully address the adverse
effects of socioeconomic circumstances, prejudice, and
discrimination that suppress performance for some groups. To ensure
that the pursuit of equity encompasses both the goals to which the
nation aspires for its children and the mechanisms to attain those
goals, a revised set of equity indicators is needed. Measures of
educational equity often fail to account for the impact of the
circumstances in which students live on their academic engagement,
academic progress, and educational attainment. Some of the
contextual factors that bear on learning include food and housing
insecurity, exposure to violence, unsafe neighborhoods, adverse
childhood experiences, and exposure to environmental toxins.
Consequently, it is difficult to identify when intervention is
necessary and how it should function. A revised set of equity
indicators should highlight disparities, provide a way to explore
potential causes, and point toward possible improvements.
Monitoring Educational Equity proposes a system of indicators of
educational equity and presents recommendations for implementation.
This report also serves as a framework to help policy makers better
understand and combat inequity in the United States' education
system. Disparities in educational opportunities reinforce, and
often amplify, disparities in outcomes throughout people's lives.
Thus, it is critical to ensure that all students receive
comprehensive supports that level the playing field in order to
improve the well-being of underrepresented individuals and the
nation. Table of Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Why Indicators of
Educational Equity Are Needed 2 Committee's Framework for
Indicators of Educational Equity 3 Contextual Influences on
Educational Outcomes: Families and Neighborhoods 4 Indicators of
Disparities in Student Outcomes 5 Indicators of Disparities in
Access to Educational Opportunities 6 Paths Forward:
Recommendations References and Bibliography Appendix A: Review of
Existing Data Systems Appendix B: Assessment of Relevant
Publications Appendix C: Data and Methodological Opportunities and
Challenges for Developing K12 Educational Equity Indicators
Appendix D: Agendas for Public Sessions of the Committee Appendix
E: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff Committee
on National Statistics
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