Re:‘Culture wars’ are fought by tiny minority – UK study
by leftyted on Monday October 26, 2020 @10:52AM
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> they were testing knowledge irrelevant to the thing ostensibly being tested
That's a good argument but it's not the argument that I was responding to:
> the grammar-school system was ostensibly universal and open to all, the entrance exams with questions predicated on a familiarity with middle-class culture naturally disadvantaged working-class students.
Re:‘Culture wars’ are fought by tiny minority – UK study
by JamesBarney on Monday October 26, 2020 @12:16PM
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Is there any evidence that these types of questions are currently driving the majority of the difference in test scores?
The issue was that they were testing for neither; rather, they were testing knowledge irrelevant to the thing ostensibly being tested (but specific to a class group).
From Wikipedia: "For example, questions about the role of household servants or classical composers were far easier for middle-class children to answer than for those from less wealthy or less educated backgrounds".