Sociology / Soc 1906 · Capstone · 2–3 minutes
A School Sorts Its Students: Method, Stratification, and Credentialing
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This capstone follows one constructed school district's tracking program, showing how a statistical claim, stratification theory, and credentialing combine into one dispute rather than separate stories.
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One constructed case illustrates how these subjects interact; it is not a data point, and no figure here is a reported statistic.
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- 0176Correlation
- 0177"Correlation Proves Causation"
- 0821Social Stratification
- 0835"The United States Is a Classless Society"
- 0860Conflict Theory on Stratification
- 1367Functionalism on Education: Manifest Functions
- 1373Tracking
- 1374"Tracking Sorts by Ability Alone"
- 1382Credentialism
- 1386The Achievement Gap: How It's Measured
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