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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]  [/quote]

Those tests are biased against blacks and people for whom English is a second language, doncha know?[/quote]

No, the problem is not the tests.

Google the studies done on the virtual elimination of the achievement gap between children attending DOD and schools on military bases.  Black and hispanic children in these schools do just as well as their white and asian counterparts.

So if it possible in that situation, with a transient student body and lots of absent parents, it should be possible in a district with the vast resources of Fairfax county, in this area of highly educated parents.

Studies of black homeschool students also repeatedly show the same success and closing of the achievement gap with regards to standardized tests.

So to me, this example indicates that the problem with low test scores of these groups is not due to the tests, but are a combined problem of the schools, community, parental support/involvement, and lower expectations.[/quote]

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