Question

Children who fail in school offend more frequently than those who graduate. According to research on national dropout rates, which of the following group sets has "little more than a fifty-fifty chance" of graduating high school?
A)white Americans and Italian Americans
B)Hispanic Americans and African Americans
C)Asian Americans and Italian Americans
D)Native Americans and white Americans

Answer 1

Answer:

B). Hispanic Americans and African AmericansAmericans

Explanation:

There are observable gap in various races found in the rates of graduation, with students from the traditionally disadvantage racial group such as the African Americans and Hispanic Americans having little more than a fifty-fifty chance of graduating high school.

The research study, conducted by Swanson in 2004, cemented this position through the following statistics:

1.  Asian Americans has 77 percent chance of graduation rates

2.   Whit Americans has 75 percent graduation rates.

It was established that, poverty and lack of financial capability are some of the major factors causing high dropout rates.