Brookings: “Race Gaps in SAT Math Scores Are as Big as Ever”
4th February 2017
I’ve been following test scores for 45 years now the way other guys follow baseball statistics. But it’s kind of boring because nothing much changes, other than the ever-growing Asian dominance at the high end.
Gee, maybe there’s some genetic component to that.
Some of this is driven by programs to get more kids to take the SAT in the hopes of finding a few overlooked high scorers, but of course giving out free tests to poor kids mostly just expands the number of lower to middling scorers.
I guess there aren’t as many unrecognized geniuses wandering around in the ge-hetto as Cornell West thinks. What a disappointment.
Maybe that’s why it’s Black Lives Matter rather than Black Lives Count.