In the prior reading, Tough explicates that the college conundrum is the increase in college dropouts in America, even when the value of a bachelor degree has skyrocketed, and graduate rates in other countries have dramatically expounded. Throughout the chapter, Tough sought to determine the causes for this complication. From his findings, he was able to uncover the notion of the achievement gap, and its effect on the output for graduates. For instance, he presents this concept in the words of Jeff Nelson, by which he writes, “The average incoming score of our students is hovering around a fourteen, or the tenth percentile …. what I do believe is that ninety percent of the population is reaching a better education than our students have received”
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He concludes that his students do not receive the same level of education as those in the higher percentile, and suggests that there must be more done. In other words, I believe the achievement gap can be defined as a the difference in academic performance, in which the score expresses the level of preparatory for college, and the percentile is associated with how the selected group is categorized in demographical location, socioeconomic level, and so forth. Although the college conundrum do share similarities to the achievement gap, it is a bit different in contextual terms. In particular, I find the college conundrum to be a byproduct of the achievement gap, and a factor that attributes to the increase in college dropouts in the American higher education …show more content…
Tough maintains that the efforts of the OneGoal is illustrated in a significant statistical figure, which is shown in how 66 percent of the enrolled participants were able to stay in college. The success of the program can be attributed to the objective of the program to assist disadvantaged students, and to provide them the tools to succeed. Kewauna’s story can be seen on a case by case basis, and to illustrate in a more specifically manner to how these programs can lay out the foundations to success for students with an achievement gap. Their stories demonstrate the increased need to implement effective practices and similar program to close the achievement gap, which will help to prepare the national educational system for the rigorous and challenges in
He concludes that his students do not receive the same level of education as those in the higher percentile, and suggests that there must be more done. In other words, I believe the achievement gap can be defined as a the difference in academic performance, in which the score expresses the level of preparatory for college, and the percentile is associated with how the selected group is categorized in demographical location, socioeconomic level, and so forth. Although the college conundrum do share similarities to the achievement gap, it is a bit different in contextual terms. In particular, I find the college conundrum to be a byproduct of the achievement gap, and a factor that attributes to the increase in college dropouts in the American higher education …show more content…
Tough maintains that the efforts of the OneGoal is illustrated in a significant statistical figure, which is shown in how 66 percent of the enrolled participants were able to stay in college. The success of the program can be attributed to the objective of the program to assist disadvantaged students, and to provide them the tools to succeed. Kewauna’s story can be seen on a case by case basis, and to illustrate in a more specifically manner to how these programs can lay out the foundations to success for students with an achievement gap. Their stories demonstrate the increased need to implement effective practices and similar program to close the achievement gap, which will help to prepare the national educational system for the rigorous and challenges in