If blacks score far below whites on a test with real-word consequences, people will want to know who selected the questions and why they choice those questions instead of the others. ... Another way to cross content bias is to abandon a priori judgments and simply ask how much the black white various from one question to the next. ... The person usually giving the test is a stranger and more often a white than black. ... The instructions for administering the tests are quite rigid, so people give the wrong answer because he or she does not understand the question. ... Standardized tests as...

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When they reach the age sixteen they can choose to take a test called the General Certificate Secondary Education (GCSE) to get out of school or they can choose to go on for another two years. At eighteen they have the opportunity again to take a test, which will enable them to be accepted in to a University or College, called the General Certificate Education test (GCE)(Culture Gram2002). ...

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On December 7, 1941, the Japanese led their first attack on American soil by bombing the naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This attack was the turning point for America's role in World War II. On December 8, Americans anxiously sat around their radios, ready to hear President Roosevelt address the...

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Abstract Beliefs in conspiracy theories are widespread throughout the world, in every culture and community. They range from a world take over by secret societies to rigged Olympic games. Many are short lived, however, others seem to become self-perpetuating animals preying particularly on the Black community. The most common theories are that which circle HIV/AIDS. These theories have a devastating impact that effects the African American and Black South African population. ...

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