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Author: Ritter, Jim
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1. Ritter, Jim
Black Vs. White Scores
Chicago Sun Times, January 21, 1992, SUNDAY NEWS, BRIEFINGS; Pg. 31
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Chicago Sun-Times
Keyword(s): Economic Well-Being; Economics of Minorities; Family Influences; Racial Differences; Test Scores/Test theory/IRT

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This article reports on a study by sociologist Jonathan Crane of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Crane examined data on mothers and children from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, an annual survey of 12,686 people born between 1957 and 1964. According to his findings, the lower scores of black participants were due to differences in home environments and socioeconomic status. When all factors were equal, Crane found no differences in scores. Indeed, in one reading test, black children scored higher than whites with the same home and family backgrounds.
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Ritter, Jim. "Black Vs. White Scores." Chicago Sun Times, January 21, 1992, SUNDAY NEWS, BRIEFINGS; Pg. 31.