______ is the consistent difference in scores on tests of student achievement across different demographic groups, including groups based on race, gender, and socioeconomic status.

A. Scholar gap
B. Achievement gap
C. SATs
D. Educational achievement


Answer: B

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All of the following are the results of capitalism's creation of economic marginality and coercive control of the workers, EXCEPT for

a) loss of self-esteem. b) resentment. c) a greater reliance on the family. d) a sense of powerlessness and alienation.

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Why do organizations, as they grow larger, tend to become more formalized?

A. By law, as it grows larger, an organization has to have more formal rules and policies. B. The person in power wants a greater degree of formality. C. Since organizations are so impersonal they have to become more formalized. D. Organizations become more complex and former informal structures become inadequate.

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What is a system of stratification? Compare and contrast the ways that Karl Marx and Max Weber describe the basic features of the class system.

What will be an ideal response?

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By the close of the 18th century, the largest segment of the Anglo-Saxon core was the __________ population.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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