The issue focused on religion and slavery in terms of economics. Research showed that education levels between upper-middle class whites and blacks changed dramatically after racial segregation. Among African Americans, math scores improved significantly during the 1960s and 1970s but remained declining among whites until 1980. Meanwhile, mathematics scores declined sharply among blacks from 1965 to 1973. According to researchers at Cornell University's Mathematics Institute, academic outcomes did not improve under education policies designed to enhance integration into education systems. Instead, academics realized they could score lower than average