The residents of Cumberland are almost evenly proportioned in gender with 47.7% of the population being male and 52.3% female. ... The high school also as an attendance rate of 92.9% and many students usually score above average on standardized tests. Sixty-five percent of Cumberland High School students took the SAT test and scored an average of 532 in math and 524 in verbal while the state average was 494 in each subject. Students at Cumberland High School are also given a series of assessment tests in the tenth grade focusing on mathematics, English language skills, and writing. Unfortunate...

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From early childhood girls and boys receive different treatment based on their gender, and that starts the processes of gender identity. ... Some (no matter what gender) lack motivation, and if there could be a female specific incentive, then maybe we could get more participation. ... I'm in the process of reading a book called Delusions of gender by Cordeila Fine, in it recalls research done by a woman of the name of Mary Murphy. Her and her classmates at Stanford University took a group of students from the science math, engineering, and technology majors and asked their opinions on two...

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While college acceptance should be based solely on academic and extracurricular accomplishments, unfair variables such as race and gender are interfering with colleges' admission decisions in order to meet certain quotas. ... A drawback on Affirmative Action has been tested before and shows a dramatic difference. ... He was not accepted despite scoring higher on standardized tests than almost all of the minority applicants. ...

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The No Child Left Behind law is a law driven under the assumption that every child regardless of socio-economic, gender, race, ethnicity or disability can learn and deserve to have the opportunity to learn. ... What I mean by this is that, I am forced to teach my kids based how to pass tests and not really teaching them the necessary skills they need to master for the real world awaiting them. ...

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I must admit, we managed to come up with a diverse group of students without even taking race or gender into account. ... This is also helpful in preparing the child for standardized testing which is a requirement for admittance to college. The questions on these standardized tests usually favor those coming from an upper class or upper middle class background. ...

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Although there were some differences found between genders, grades, and racial/ ethnic backgrounds. ... He used information gained from the Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT), as well as 19 quantitative studies, data received from the discipline referral offices, list of absenteeism, and interviews with the student body and staff to write this dissertation. ... We will then compare the percentages of schools without uniforms to schools with uniforms and the t-test will show us if there is a strong correlation between the behavior and uniforms or not. ...

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This young man looks at the average statistics of minority students and sees that the test scores are incredibly low along with their GPA's. ... It also found a gap between genders among blacks. ...

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