1. Urban schools
The percentage of white children who know a PPVT word correlates 0.98 with the percentage of slightly older black children who know the same words as white children. ... Black children never catch up, however, so black adults know fewer words than white adults (White, 1992). ... Standardized test assess peoples skills and knowledge using methods that some test takers find poorly, frustrating, anxiety-provoking, or silly. ... The subtests are completely unfamiliar which may bother some people more than others. The instructions for administering the tests are quite rigid, so people give the w...
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