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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED276797 AUTHOR: Sexton, Porter
TITLE: A Statistical Portrait of the
Multicultural/Multiethnic Student Population in Portland
Public Schools. A Summary Report.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1986
NOTE: 54 p.
ABSTRACT: This report addresses the following: (1) rates of
gain, levels of academic achievement, and participation in
district programs of various cultural/ethnic groups of
students; (2) the ways in which the Portland (Oregon)
public schools' curriculum addresses appreciation and
knowledge of students' own culture and that of others; and
(3) the extent to which teaching staff and district
policymakers reflect the cultural diversity of the
district's students. Elementary test scores of minority
students are lower than those of nonminority students
typically by one or more grade levels, but the differences
have been diminishing. Rates of gain in minority students
have been equal to or greater than that of nonminority
students. To provide multicultural education, the district
has done the following: (1) increased information and
materials on cultural groups in subject matter areas; (2)
increased inter-group affective education; (3) maintained
offerings in foreign languages and history; and (4) offered
English as a Second Language/bilingual programs. The
district attempts an ethnic distribution of teachers
corresponding to that of students, but minority teachers
are underrepresented, especially at the high school level.
Significant efforts are being made to correct this. The
report concludes with a number of plans to improve the
education of all students and commitments to learn more
about the district's students. (LHW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Cultural-Awareness; Cultural-Pluralism;
Elementary-Secondary-Education; Ethnic-Groups; Ethnic
Studies
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Academic-Achievement;
*Cultural-Education;
*Minority-Group-Children; *Minority-Group-Teachers;
*Multicultural-Education
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