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Re: Poorest Whites outscore affluent Blacks on SAT test.
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walt tonne
Apr 11, 2011, 4:24:06 PM4/11/11
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On Apr 10, 8:56 am, walt tonne <tonnewalt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Outside of demographic characteristics such as race and ethnicity,
> familial characteristics shape
> educational outcomes and are correlated with standardized test scores.
> For example, evidence of
> a correlation between parents’ educational achievement and their
> children’s low educational
> attainment is consistent (Boocock, 1972). This may also reflect the
> amount of emphasis parents
> place on education. Likewise, there is a strong and consistent direct
> correlation between family
> income and SAT scores, though income differences alone cannot
> adequately explain the gap.
> That is, even among the lowest income group (less than $10,000),
> Whites score 129 points
> higher than the national mean for African Americans and almost 61
> points higher than African
> Americans whose families earn between $80,000 and $100,000 annually
> (The Journal of Blacks
> in Higher Education, 2005).
>
> *Research brief, TheWilliams Institute.
>
> Poor "trailer park" type Whites have more potential then upscale
> Blacks. If it was not for
> government employment Black middle class would greatly diminish. (more
> Blacks have
> the advantage of pre-schooling then Whites)
> Outside of demographic characteristics such as race and ethnicity,
> familial characteristics shape
> educational outcomes and are correlated with standardized test scores.
> For example, evidence of
> a correlation between parents’ educational achievement and their
> children’s low educational
> attainment is consistent (Boocock, 1972). This may also reflect the
> amount of emphasis parents
> place on education. Likewise, there is a strong and consistent direct
> correlation between family
> income and SAT scores, though income differences alone cannot
> adequately explain the gap.
> That is, even among the lowest income group (less than $10,000),
> Whites score 129 points
> higher than the national mean for African Americans and almost 61
> points higher than African
> Americans whose families earn between $80,000 and $100,000 annually
> (The Journal of Blacks
> in Higher Education, 2005).
>
> *Research brief, TheWilliams Institute.
>
> Poor "trailer park" type Whites have more potential then upscale
> Blacks. If it was not for
> government employment Black middle class would greatly diminish. (more
> Blacks have
> the advantage of pre-schooling then Whites)
Sofa King
Apr 14, 2011, 9:57:29 AM4/14/11
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walt tonne wrote:
you don't understand the concept of oppression even though you contribute to
it, do you? LOL
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