Inside School Research: California's Exit-Exam Policy: A Study in Inequity - The Diigo Meta page

• 03 May 09
  

  Alice Mercer

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  • Just as intriguing, though, is the researchers' explanation for why the effects hit some groups of students harder than others: They chalk it up to "stereotype threat."
  • But, when the research team examined students' previous scores on other state tests, they turned up some evidence that minority students and women had underperformed on particular sections of the state exit exam. Women fared worse than their earlier performance might have predicted, for example, on the math portion. Asian students did worse-than-expected on English-language arts.

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