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Originally Posted by Sun Tzu
There is an issue, but it starts well before the exams. Mathematics, science, etc cant be biased in any one direction.
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Putting test question bias aside, might test results be influenced by the fact that middle and upper class white kids are more likely to afford to have access to pre-test tutorials, with sample math/science questions from previous tests, than inner city black kids?
A meritocracy or can money buy the opportunity to achieve a higher score?
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And this doesnt even take into consideration the fact that there are significant disparities in K-12 education....a far higher student/teacher ratio in inner cities school and a far lower student/computer ratio in those schools than in predominately white suburban schools...an issue that has been addressed in other threads.