Ethnic differences in achievement

palmer

ethnic minority pupils more likely to be in poverty

Evans

white working class areas have brutal street culture

Gilborn

“the assessment game” previously primary schools used baseline assessments now they use foundation stage profile. this disadvantaged black students as it is based on teachers judgments and done at end of reception year so more time for stereotyping

beriter and englemann

language spoken by ,ow income black american families is inadequate for educational success

mirza

India pupils do very well despite not having English as their first language

Tikly et al

Black students have less opportunities as they are more likely to be entered for lower tier exams

Gilborn

White students are 5x more likely to be part of gifted and talented programmes than black africans

wood et al

Racism in wider society causes material deprivation as ethnic minorities are less likely to hear back from job applications.

moynihan

the absence of a farther in black matrifocal families leads inadequately socialised children who become inadequate parents after failing in school . They also fail financially.

Wright

Ethnocentric views. teachers marginalise Asian students by disapproving their customs and speaking to them in a childish way. seen as a problem to be ignored

Fuller

The black girls that negotiated their label

More and Davenport

Marketisation = oversubscribed = stereotype when choosing students

Application process inaccessible for non-English speaking parents

McCulloch

Ethnic minority groups more likely to aspire to go to uni than white pupils

Gilborn

New IQ ism- teachers and policy makers make false assumptions about the nature of pupils “ability” or “potential”. they see potential as a fixed quality that is easily measured