Why test? Talent loss and enrolment loss?

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The probability of any student, whether African American or white, or whether a low-scorer, average-scorer or a high-scorer, attending any post secondary institution is analyzed. There is a white-African American enrolment gap indicating that a heavy reliance on tests for PSI admissions can be unfair to talented African Americans and can penalize whites that are average students. In addition, race has no independent effect on the likelihood of attending a postsecondary education institution.

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The detailed age trajectory of oral vocabulary knowledge: differences by class and race

Article Abstract:

The monthly growth trajectory of oral vocabulary knowledge is reported investigating how early an age, race and social class vocabulary gap first comes into being and for how many years it is maintained. Findings suggest that the highest rate of vocabulary growth occurs during the pre-school ages, and that this rate declines for each subsequent age period.

Vocabulary

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Latinos' mate selection: national origin, racial, and nativity differences

Article Abstract:

The role played by the Latinos' race in assimilation to the American society is discussed. Studies reveal that when Latinos marry outside their own national-origin groups, Whites tended to marry non-Latino Whites, but Nonwhites tended to marry other Latino Nonwhites.

Public affairs, Social aspects, Latin Americans

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