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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The performance gap between white and black students on standardized tests exists whether low income or high income....why is that? Researchers who have studied the issue can’t point to an answer. [/quote]

link?

what is your theory? 
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I don't think that is true. This is anecdotal, but it is my first hand experience:

I taught in an extremely poor Title I school in the very early days of Title I.  While I had mostly AA kids in the class, the white kids also struggled.  Most of the kids came from backgrounds that were not only poor, but rough.  Black and white.  There were a handful of kids that succeeded, but the starting point when they came to school was extremely low.  Few kids had books in the home.  One reason I am so against busing is that the AA kids were bused in.  It was extremely difficult to get parental support when the school is not in the community.

Later, I taught in a school that was a microcosm of American society-a DoD school overseas.  I doubt there were any wealthy kids there-unless a parent came from money--but it was a good mixture of races of all kinds.  A small group of kids were ESOL.  There was NO difference in the success of the kids by race.  There was a general gap according to educational background of the parents, but it was not raced based.  Some years, my brightest students were white and some years they were AA.   The same goes for those who struggled.[/quote]

Why do these idiotic people think their personal anecdotes are a substitute for actual data? [/quote]

PP here who was the teacher.
1.  I said it was anecdotal.  I did not say it was a substitute.
2.  There is almost no "actual data" comparing race gaps  except by the general population.  These studies do not compare kids coming from families with a similar background. and experiences.  They don't allow for other variables than race.  There may be a few out there, but they are inconclusive.

Sorry if my experience doesn't support your theory.
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