Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Teachers who label students in a certain manner can affect their academic performance. This is part of the symbolic interactionist perspective as it pertains to education.
2. There is an increase in the commercialization of education.
3. We can tell that American education is meritocratic because social origin and ascribed statuses have little effect on how much students learn and how far they go in school.
4. Completion of a bachelor’s degree or higher varies by race more than graduation from high school.
5. Recent research on school effects has contradicted the findings of the Coleman Report.


1. TRUE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE

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