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Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children
by Betty Hart, Todd R. Risley
Description: Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children presents research on the relationship between early family environments and children's intellectual development across diverse backgrounds. It details findings from years of study on factors influencing cognitive growth
ISBN: 1557661979
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Alex3917 · 2010-12-28 · Original thread
And he's wrong again. The reason high-SES kids score better on standardized tests isn't because they learn more in school, it's because they learn more at home. In fact low-SES kids actually learn almost as much at school than high-SES kids[1], it's just that they start out 2-3 years behind in Kindergarten[2], and instead of learning over the summer they actually regress[1]. What the data actually shows is that students DON'T learn if they're white, but in a feat of epic illogic this guy has somehow managed to convince himself that the opposite is true.

[1] http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED037322.pdf (C.f. figure 2 and 3)

[1] http://www.amazon.com/Meaningful-Differences-Everyday-Experi...