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"High-scoring on SAT" (take this as a proxy for "smart"; after all, colleges do) & "low income" correlates well with 3 groups in particular: 1) Recent Asian im
by fiatmoney 12y ago
"High-scoring on SAT" (take this as a proxy for "smart"; after all, colleges do) & "low income" correlates well with 3 groups in particular:
1) Recent Asian immigrants
2) Rural whites in flyover country
3) Urban children of (white and Asian) parents in low-paying prestige professions (teachers, museum curators, nonprofits, etc).
- sukilot 12y agoTeachers are not low-income.
- fiatmoney 12y agoDepends on the area and specialty. Adjuncts are notoriously ill paid. North Carolina public school teachers likewise.
- trynumber9 12y ago> 2) Rural whites in flyover country They usually take the ACT in flyover country, don't they? [0] 0: http://studypoint.com/ed/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/SAT.ACT-test-takers-map.jpg http://studypoint.com/ed/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/SAT.ACT-...