... with white students. According to a journal in Student Test Scores, a Wider Gap, African-Americans score increased to 6 points in the SAT verbal and 7 points higher in math in the past 10 years. In comparison, white student's score jumped 11 points for verbal and 18 points higher in ... without any problems culturally and financially still receives more than enough money for school. There is not much emphasis from the school programs to help minority students to receive the best education than the other vast majority students. This is a clear gap that is beginning to widen for minority ...

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... back up their claims that the tests serve no positive purpose. In the test, conducted in 38 nations, American middle school students were seventeenth in math and eighteenth in science. What is worse that a comparison to a similar study conducted in 1995 shows little or no improvement. Also found in the ... study was that 77% of New York eight graders failed to even meet state standards in math.(Shin, 2000) At the same time, the New York Board of Regents continues to attempt to raise standards. The belief that standardized testing helps ... About one fifth of colleges and universities ar...

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