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> Instead, richer students’ higher scores reflect a problem that is much more durable and pervasive: These students are the beneficiaries of lifelong inequaliti
by car_analogy 5y ago
> Instead, richer students’ higher scores reflect a problem that is much more durable and pervasive: These students are the beneficiaries of lifelong inequalities in opportunities to learn. [..] children as young as 2 years old from low-income families differ from their better-off counterparts in their performance on standardized tests.
Odd not to follow up such a claim with a breakdown of SAT scores by family income, such as the one on https://www.jbhe.com/latest/index012209_p.html https://www.jbhe.com/latest/index012209_p.html - under "Family Income Differences Explain Only a Small Part of the SAT Racial Scoring Gap"