Ethnic Achievement                            Evidence Exhibit

The Swann Report (1985)

Table 1: Educational achievement and ethnic origin in 6 LEA's (1981-2)

	West Indian %	Asian %	All Others %
O-level* Grades A-C:
English Lang.	15	21	29
Maths	08	21	21
In 5 subjects	06	17	19
1+ A-Level	5	13	13
First Degree	1	4	4
Other Degree	1	5	5

* "O-Level" was the exam replaced by GCSE.

Table 2: Average performance of ethnic groups (1985)

Ethnic Group	Average Performance Scores	Number
African	16.9	426
African Asian	22.7	162
Arab	14.0	91
Bangladeshi	8.7	333
Caribbean	13.6	2981
E,S,W,I*	15.2	10685
Greek	17.6	243
Indian	24.5	398
Pakistani	21.3	231
S.E.Asian	19.1	300
Turkish	11.9	268
Other	21.3	940
All	15.6	17058

* "English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish"

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1. What conclusions can you draw from the above tables?

2. How might factors such as class and gender affect the level of performance in Table 2? (Think about the likely class background and origins of different ethnic groups).