When taking the verbal section of the SAT a child from a household making below $10,000 would most probably receive a score of 446 while a child from a home that makes more that $100,000 would most likely to get a score of 559. The math portion is as bad with scores of 446 for the kids with incomes less than $10,000 and 559 for the rich kids whose parents earn more than $100,000. ...
Moreover, Mantsios mentions that class distinction extends into education and employment as evidenced by higher SAT scores and incomes of the upper class compared to those of lower and middle classes. ... She uses a documentary style to highlight the occupational lives of immigrant men and women in New York. ...
The new education system was aimed at the working class to help them develop new skills. ... The tests were also sexist because girls had to achieve a better score than boys did to get into the grammar schools. ... The new system contradicted what comprehensive education was all about. ...
