... full potential of a large number of ethnic minority students was not being meet. 1985 Swann-Education for All This was report on the underachievement level of West Indians compared to Asians and Whites. The gap appeared to be diminishing significantly as time passed, the underachievement gap has deteriorated but there is a much higher chance (10%) of black boys in particular to be expelled from schools than their white counterparts. Undoubtedly the achievement of Asians was very high and it seemed the stereotyped views was generally much less negative than how other groups of ethnicity were viewed in the educational system. It could be possible that the racism faced, had a different affect on different groups whereas, it may hold certain people back and deter certain people from believing in themselves and getting on with what they aim to do in life. Staying on rates for 16-19 age group Brown (1982) Black and White ...

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