Vocab
Classifying students based on academic merit or potential
What is sorting
The equal ability of all people to participate in an education system
What is universal access
The learning of academic facts and concepts
What is formal education
Cultural knowledge that serves (metaphorically) as currency to help one navigate a culture
What is cultural capital
What is tracking
A social institution through which a society’s children are taught basic academic knowledge, learning skills, and cultural norms
What is education
The way people come to learn the values, beliefs, and social norms of their culture
What is cultural transmission
The type of nonacademic knowledge that people learn through informal learning and cultural transmission
What is hidden curriculum
A federal program that provides academically focused preschool to students of low socioeconomic status
What is Head Start program
The idea that the achievement level associated with an A today is notably lower than the achievement level associated with A-level work a few decades ago
What is grade inflation
An act that requires states to test students in prescribed grades, with the results of those tests determining eligibility to receive federal funding
What is the No Child Left Behind Act