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Educators: Funding would even
gaps in students’ scores on ACT
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Black
and white students could score more
evenly in the American tkidene
Testing program within a genera
tion if the federal government allo
cates more funds, two educators said
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Each year,, more than 1 million
high school junior* and seniors in 90
states take the ACT. which evaluates
proficiency in English, mathematics,
social studies and natural sciences.
Dr. George A. Chambers, a pro
fessor at the University of Iowa, said
that several research projects, in
cluding an analysis of I98*> ACT
scores, hate led him to challenge
myths about education
He said whites don't necessartfv
score better than blac ks and that stu
dents in private or parochial schools
don’t tend to score better than stu
dents in public schools
Nationally, whites score 7 percent
better than blacks on the ACT,
Chambers said.
But the percentage decreased to
about 2.9 percent when the scores
were matched on six variables
Plaintiffs of employment bias
often lose even if they win (
DALLAS (AP) — Even when they
win employment cisnl rights lawsuits,
plaintiffs often lose one way or an*
other. attorneys say.
While waiting for their cases to
wind through the court system, thev
often mUst contend with the pres
sures of looking fni another job and
finding the money to pay for house
hold and legal expenses, the attor
neys say.
When Vickie Phyne took mater
nity leave in Apwil 1983, her boss
told her not to return, saying “You
fired yourself the day you got preg
nant ”
Payne. 95. of Plano, sued and a
f ederal judge later ruled that the re
mark suggested that the firm was
i ‘‘dtscnmmatonlv motivated" in fir
ing her from her $45.00O-a-year job.
Negotiations are proceeding for a
back-pav award, but Payne says it u
too late to save the four-bedroom
house, the furniture and the cars
that her family lost after she was
fired.
"Plaintiffs are gumg to lose emo-
tkmaUv in virtually every single case
taken through the legal process,”
says Kenneth H. Molberg Payne's
attorney and one of the few lawyers
in Dallas who accepts discrimination
cases.
If they win the case, the compen
sation provisions of civil rights laws
address only lost wages, possible job
reinstatement and payment of attor
neys’ fees, Molberg says
Despate the drawbacks, records
show the number of discrimination
cases is increasing
r, gra
point ratio, family income ana num
Der of years studied in English and
math, he said
“We’re a generation or so away . . .
from tending to have these tests be
come even less,’* Chamber told a
news conference. “Parents who hold
higher degrees have higher expiecta
tions than those who do not It’s
going to take America a while to
catch up."
He delivered his findings in a
speech to the National Association of
Secondary School Principals
Alan Whitworth, curncuium di
rector of the Cedar Rapids. Iowa,
(aimmuni# School District, also
worked on the researt h He studied
2.274 matched pairs of black and
white students who took the ACT in
1985
He said teachers need to better
motivate students, increase academic
toursework and intervene earlier to
correct student achievement.
“We want to tend to tern m oo
one or two things, but this is a com
(Hex issue,” Whitworth said. “Ail of
these things working in concert
make a chfference. ”
Chambers said that the 1985 ACT
analysis showed a 1 percent differ
encc between students in public, pri
vate or piarochial sc bools
“Those who claim that teachers,
princtpials and schools do not make a
difference are clearly wrong,”
Chambers said. "Teachers, princi
pals and schools can lav claim to a
substantial portion of the 50 to 75
percent difference in achievement
scores that is vet to be explained by
research.”
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