In essay format, provide well-developed responses to the following questions:

-What are the goals of public education in the United States? Is any consensus possible?
-What are the main issues in assessing educational achievement? What policy approaches are best in resolving these issues?
-How does Group Theory provide a relevant framework for understanding these issues?

Don’t provide separate answers to the questions. Instead, develop a unified essay based on a unique claim or observation that serves as your unifying idea – the main point, or thesis, of your essay. Use the questions to guide your thinking toward a thesis. Your answers to the questions should then function as supporting points for your thesis. In developing your answers to the questions, provide evidence or examples with explanations that support and refer to your essay’s main, unifying idea.