Shadow Education American Style-Test Preparation Analysis

The article “Shadow Education, American Style- Test Preparation, the SAT and College Enrollment”, summarizes the what the SAT test is and the advantages and disadvantages it has for different social economic groups. The SAT has been used many time for college processes, however, a debate has been going on that discusses the “fairness” of the SAT and if it should be used in the college admission ( Buchmann, Condron, and Roscigno 435). The article goes into depth in how different social economics groups either take advantage or disadvange of the test. It is seen that children from well-resourced families are more likely to participate in the test preparation than lower income children. Well-resourced children are more likely to do better in the SAT. Well-resourced children are more likely to have classroom resources, teacher experience that helped them do better. They also are more likely to enroll in selective colleges and universities. The article also …show more content…
African Americans men are most likely to get suspended from school and are most likely to be imprisoned. Darensbourg and Perez state that about thirty-five percent of state and federal male prisoners were African American (1). African Americans are most likely to be incarcerated than any other race. This article tried to figure out where this problem starts. It was seen that when it comes to education, African Americans suffered harsher discipline than others. This has been seen as the reason why African American men end up hating the education system. The idea of exclusionary discipline having a negative effect on children was brought up. Exclusionary discipline usually means suspension; which African Americans male students are most likely to experience. However, a solution that may help on this would be mental health professionals helping out African American