Measuring access to learning opportunities / Committee on Improving Measures of Access to Equal Educational Opportunity ; Willis D. Hawley and Timothy Ready, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Improving Measures of Access to Equal Educational Opportunity.

Contributor:

Hawley, Willis D.

Ready, Timothy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Minority students--Civil rights--United States.

Minority students.

Educational surveys--United States.

Educational surveys.

Physical Description:

xi, 131 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since 1968 the Elementary and Secondary School Civil Rights Compliance Report (known as the E&S survey) has been used to gather information about possible disparities in access to learning opportunities and violations of students (TM) civil rights. Thirty-five years after the initiation of the E&S survey, large disparities remain both in educational outcomes and in access to learning opportunities and resources. These disparities may reflect violations of students (TM) civil rights, the failure of education policies and practices to provide students from all backgrounds with a similar educational experience, or both. They may also reflect the failure of schools to fully compensate for disparities and current differences in parents (TM) education, income, and family structure. The Committee on Improving Measures of Access to Equal Educational Opportunities concludes that the E&S survey continues to play an essential role in documenting these disparities and in providing information that is useful both in guiding efforts to protect students (TM) civil rights and for informing educational policy and practice. The committee also concludes that the survey (TM)s usefulness and access to the survey data could be improved.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Contents

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 Measuring Equal Opportunity: The Role of the E&amp

S Survey

3 Use of E&amp

S Survey Data

4 Strengthening the E&amp

5 Improving the Survey and Its Use

References and Bibliography

Appendix A Synopses of Papers Prepared for the Committee

Appendix B Overview of Findings from the 2000 E&amp

Appendix C 2000 E&amp

Appendix D Using E&amp

S Survey Data in Combination with Other Federal Datasets.

Notes:

"Center for Education and Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-75).

ISBN:

9786610209064

9780309168151

0309168155

9781280209062

1280209062

9780309505390

0309505399

OCLC:

923260072