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Originally posted by tswaney
Yup Fint,
My mistake, those are statistically significant (for both 9 and 13 y.o.).
What is the reason behind the climb in math since '78 (in your opinion)? That seems to be a trend which has been (somewhat) consistent and takes place in "the bad old" days before NCLB.
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Mostly social changes. Overall, society/schools began to emphasize/teach math and science to minorities and girls...and at a younger age. Different career paths began to open up for these groups...so they began to prepare for them. Technology careers became more viable than secretary, homemaker, waitress or mother.
NCLB ensures that schools in distressed areas offer the proper curriculum/educators to match the norm. The "politically correct" view as been that problem areas/schools were underfunded (although usually funded at a much higher per student rate) or the soft bigotry/racism that assumed that poor/minority kids just could not learn at the same level as the majority.
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