Re:Boston public schools suspend advanced learning classes
by yarcob on Monday March 01, 2021 @05:05AM
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> checking what percentage of students by race pass the test, win the lottery, and are admitted. If there are unexplainable discrepancies between those steps, that would be good evidence of racism
Yes, I agree that this would be evidence of racism. But you can't turn the argument around. The lack of any discrepancies does not mean that black or hispanic students aren't at a disadvantage, because the disadvantage might be something that lead to the worse test results in the first place.
Yes, I agree that this would be evidence of racism. But you can't turn the argument around. The lack of any discrepancies does not mean that black or hispanic students aren't at a disadvantage, because the disadvantage might be something that lead to the worse test results in the first place.