The achievement gap is the difference in academic performance between groups of students. Groups of students like socioeconomic status‚ race and ethnicity‚ and gender. You can see the achievement gap in grade levels‚ standardized-testing‚ and course selection. The achievement gap is used to show the different performance gaps between different groups with African-American and Hispanic students‚ being at the lower part of the scale‚ compared to non-Hispanic white peers. There is a similar academic
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Introduction The achievement gap‚ which can also be viewed as an opportunity gap‚ explains the difference in achievement between minority and white students. Indictors of this gap are shown through scores on standardized test‚ grade point averages‚ college enrollment and degrees earned. Research shows that the achievement gap can be seen before children even reach kindergarten. However‚ it is important to recognize and understand the factors that impact the achievement gap‚ and the dimensions. Also
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The Gap-Year “Princeton encourages it. Harvard is a big fan. From Tufts to MIT‚ some of the most prestigious universities in the nation are urging students to consider something that would make most parents cringe: The idea of putting off college for a year in favor of some much-needed downtime” (Wood 1). A Gap Year is a year taken off from academics and is mainly used to do things such as travel‚ work‚ or volunteer. Parents and students‚ burnout on school is common and overwhelming. Taking
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AUDIT EXPECTATION GAP The phrase "Audit Expectations Gap" was first introduced into the literature over thirty five years ago‚ by Liggio (1974)‚ under the Cohen Commission. It was defined as the difference between the levels of expected performance "as envisioned by the independent accountant and by the user of financial statements" The term ‘expectation gap’ is commonly utilized to describe the situation whereby a difference in expectation exists between a group with a certain expertise‚ and
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in comparison with other ethnic groups.The gap in the wages in America proves to be a need for employment opportunities‚ economic disparities‚ and stagnant income.Employment opportunities in most African American communities are scarce which contributes largely to the wage gap. The annual household income for African americans exhibits the economic imbalances as other races have higher earnings.There are many reasons contributing to this ongoing wage gap‚ the stagnant income plays a major role as
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Wage Gap in America On a broader aspect‚ it says men and women are equal. Though at a bottom level‚ women are still struggling to occupy the same status as men in the outer world. Stratification between the two genders is seen everywhere including the household or the workplace. Even today‚ women still earns less as compared to men involved in the same profession. Like a male physician makes $140‚000‚ while a female in the same profession makes $88‚000. Statisticians at the US census bureau looked
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Most versions of the gap theory place millions of years of geologic time (including billions of fossil animals) in between these two first verses of Genesis. The gap theory became increasingly attractive near the end of the eighteenth century and first half of the nineteenth century‚ because the newly established science of geology had determined that the Earth was far older than common interpretations of Genesis. Other names for the gap theory are: old-earth creationism‚ gap creationism‚ and the
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This article writes that the gender pay gap does‚ in fact‚ exist. Pearson stated that "life choices" are not enough to make a wage gap because not every woman leaves work to care for children. She mentions how many have to be pushed out due to not being able to afford childcare or not being able to find a full time job. Also that women do not have much of a “choice" but to stay at home due to workplace and outside forces telling them what the “right” thing is. The article also mentions how mothers
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the world. This was the promise of a gap year. Having just come out the other side of my gap year I’ve begun to reflect on the year I experienced. For me‚ it involved spending a lot of my time working to save money for the future. I also travelled across Europe with a group of friends‚ visiting 12 different countries and experiencing cultures and ways of life that I had never dreamt of. So‚ for all those high school graduates who are planning to take a gap year‚ here is some advice I wish someone
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Pay Gaps are very common in the United States of America and even in the world. They can vary by gender‚ race‚ and even age. One that is making heads turn these days is the pay gap between adults who just have there high school diploma and adults who have a bachelor’s degree diploma. There should be a focus on getting high school students to attend a four-year college because they will be able to earn more money‚ be more likely to own a home‚ and companies tend to hire more college graduates than
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