EDTHP 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Standardized Test, Social Reproduction, G1 Phase
19 Sep 2018
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Empirical evidence: the education model is a pictorial representation of school effects research, reproductive path home (directly effects) education outcomes. Home variables race, gender, ses: mediocratic path school (directly effects) educational outcomes. School variables tracking, funding, integration: there is mobility in the us social structure but comparatively, inequality is high and mobility is low. American society, according to charles and hurst (2003), is strongly reproductive. The graph explains that where the person is born directly effects where they end up as adults. In other words, the class you were born into is most likely the class you will live in your entire life. Also, solon (2002) explains that the father-son correlation is strong in the united states. This explains that there is little movement between the generations, but strongly suggests that it is reproductive. What is the achievement gap: a measurable persistent difference in educational outcomes between subpopulations.
