FATHERHOOD & EDUCATION SURVEY, or "Thank God for Jordan"
Exploring the Link Between Fatherlessness and the Decline of US Education to Just Ahead of Jordan
In an effort to explain how the US has managed to slip from first place in math education 3 decades ago to today just slightly ahead of Jordan and behind most of the industrialized world (and 37% behind KOREA) today, a survey of the Signatories to the FATHERS' MANIFESTOsm was conducted in November 1995. Following are the results:
79% agree that "1.7) The THREE-FOLD increase in the rate of fatherlessness played a key role in the decline of the US educational system"
FATHERLESSNESS AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SURVEY
I) Per the College Entrance Examination Board, NY, NATIONAL COLLEGE-BOUND
SENIOR, annual, between 1967 and 1989:
A) Total SAT scores declined by 55 points.
B) The gender gap in SAT Math widened from 17.6% to 18.1%
II) Per the American College Testing Program (ACT) SCORES AND
CHARACTERISTICS OF COLLEGE-BOUND STUDENTS, between 1967 and 1989:
A) ACT Math scores declined by 13.8%.
B) The gender gap in ACT Math widened from 12.2% to 13.7%.
III) Per the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, ELEMENTARY-
SECONDARY STAFF INFORMATION (EEO-5), bienniel, between 1982 and
1992, the number of educators (excluding administrators and principals)
changed by:
A) Males Decreased by 95,000 teachers
B) Females Increased by 384,000 teachers
(And increased by 972,000 since 1970)
IV) Per the PHI DELTA KAPPAN, March 1995, V76, N7, P566(2) the number of
students taking the "Advanced Placement Test" increased while "average
scores declined only minimaly" [note that this data was not broken down
by gender, but those who take the APT are in the higher range of math
skills]:
1978 96,000 students
1994 450,000 students
V) Per BRAIN SEX, David Jessel, Delta Publisher, 1992, page 89, Johns
Hopkins study -- math gender gap of girls and boys in the ages 11-13
increases with age while the ratio of the number of boys to girls in
each test range increases with higher test scores:
Points Ratio
Boys:girls
420+ 1.5:1
500 2:1
600 4:1
700 13:1
VI) Per the Harvard Educational Review, Fall 1992, Howard Wainer, the
distribution of the median SAT Math scores of 46,920 students in each of
five college math courses, separated by college math grades and gender is:
College Grade SAT Number Number % %
_____________ Score Men Women Men Women
Men Women
A (592 & up) 5,693 0 22.0% 0%
B (575-591) 7,357 0 28.4% 0%
C A (549-574) 6,931 5,144 26.8% .5%
D B (532-548) 2,881 6,383 11.1% 30.4%
F (524-531) 3,030 0 11.7% 0%
C (493-523) 0 5,394 0% 25.7%
D (476-492) 0 2,235 0% 10.6%
F (475 & Below) 0 1,872 0% 9%
VII) Per the US Census Bureau "WASHINGTON -- In 1970, 12 percent of kids
under 18 lived under a single-parent family; in 1995, 36 percent of kids
live this way" -- representing a THREE-FOLD increase in the rate of
fatherlessness.
VIII) Per the US Bureau of Labor Statisics, the number of government
workers has quadrupled in the last 3 decades.
With this data in mind, how would you respond to the following questions
regarding the last 3 decades?:
1.1) Affirmative Action (aa) played a key role in the reduction of the
number of male teachers.
45% -- A) strongly agree
18% -- B) agree
7% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
30% -- D) disagree
0% -- E) strongly disagree
1.2) Feminism played a key role in implementing government subsidies like
aa.
62% -- A) strongly agree
26% -- B) agree
12% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
0% -- D) disagree
0% -- E) strongly disagree
1.3) The reduction in the number of male teachers played a key role in
the decline of the US educational system.
46% -- A) strongly agree
19% -- B) agree
17% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
9% -- D) disagree
9% -- E) strongly disagree
1.4) The decline in the US educational system played a key role in our
economic decline.
55% -- A) strongly agree
37% -- B) agree
8% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
0% -- D) disagree
0% -- E) strongly disagree
1.5) The THREE-FOLD increase in the rate of fatherlessness played a key
role in our social pathology.
91% -- A) strongly agree
0% -- B) agree
0% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
9% -- D) disagree
0% -- E) strongly disagree
1.6) Feminism played a key role in the THREE-FOLD increase in the rate of
fatherlessness.
73% -- A) strongly agree
27% -- B) agree
0% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
0% -- D) disagree
0% -- E) strongly disagree
1.7) The THREE-FOLD increase in the rate of fatherlessness played a key
role in the decline of the US educational system.
62% -- A) strongly agree
17% -- B) agree
0% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
9% -- D) disagree
12% -- E) strongly disagree
1.8) The widening of the gender gap in all math scores is an indication
that affirmative action has failed.
44% -- A) strongly agree
19% -- B) agree
10% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
0% -- D) disagree
27% -- E) strongly disagree
1.9) The declining math skills of teachers played a key role in the decline
of the US educational system.
55% -- A) strongly agree
45%-- B) agree
0% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
0% -- D) disagree
0% -- E) strongly disagree
2.0) The declining quality of education played a key role in the four-fold
increase in the number of government employees.
37% -- A) strongly agree
35% -- B) agree
0% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
8% -- D) disagree
20% -- E) strongly disagree
2.1) The decrease in math scores is an indication that affirmative action
has failed.
46% -- A) strongly agree
9% -- B) agree
9% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
19% -- D) disagree
18% -- E) strongly disagree
2.2) Feminism played a key role in the quadrupling of the number of
government workers.
36% -- A) strongly agree
44% -- B) agree
11% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
9% -- D) disagree
0% -- E) strongly disagree
2.3) Fatherlessness played a key role in the quadrupling of the number of
government workers.
37% -- A) strongly agree
28% -- B) agree
19% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
16% -- D) disagree
0% -- E) strongly disagree
2.4) Making government responsive and more efficient requires a three
quarter reduction in the number of government employees.
64% -- A) strongly agree
19% -- B) agree
27% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
0% -- D) disagree
0% -- E) strongly disagree
2.5) Reducing the size of government requires testing which assures that
the most qualified upper one quarter of government employees are retained.
65% -- A) strongly agree
18% -- B) agree
9% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
8% -- D) disagree
0% -- E) strongly disagree
2.6) Math skills should be a key part of this testing.
46% -- A) strongly agree
47% -- B) agree
7% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
0% -- D) disagree
0% -- E) strongly disagree
2.7) SAT and ACT math scores are biased against females.
0% -- A) strongly agree
8% -- B) agree
26% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
19% -- D) disagree
47% -- E) strongly disagree
2.8) The above data suggests that boys are discriminated against in our
educational system.
19% -- A) strongly agree
20% -- B) agree
37% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
18% -- D) disagree
6% -- E) strongly disagree
2.9) Such objective math tests are not a good indicator of someone's math
skills.
0% -- A) strongly agree
8% -- B) agree
34% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
30% -- D) disagree
28% -- E) strongly disagree
3.0) It is sexist to suggest that males have better math skills than
females.
34% -- A) strongly agree
8% -- B) agree
17% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
19% -- D) disagree
22% -- E) strongly disagree
3.1) It should be illegal to quote statisics which highlight such gender
differences.
8% -- A) strongly agree
10% -- B) agree
18% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
19% -- D) disagree
45% -- E) strongly disagree
3.2) First Amendment rights to free speech should not apply to discussions
regarding such gender differences.
7% -- A) strongly agree
8% -- B) agree
19% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
9% -- D) disagree
57% -- E) strongly disagree
3.3) Raising such questions will only embarass the US and will not help to
identify the problem nor to formulate a solution.
17% -- A) strongly agree
26% -- B) agree
8% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
12% -- D) disagree
37% -- E) strongly disagree
3.4) If these gender differences are valid, then financial compensation to
males should be proportionately higher than to females.
38% -- A) strongly agree
19% -- B) agree
25% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
10% -- D) disagree
8% -- E) strongly disagree
3.5) It would be "reverse discrimination" to "equally" compensate 2
different employees when one has a 17.5% higher math skill.
37% -- A) strongly agree
10% -- B) agree
16% -- C) neither agree nor disagree
37% -- D) disagree
0% -- E) strongly disagree
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Modified Saturday, April 18, 2009
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