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In examining the income gap between black and white adults—it is well established that blacks earn significantly less—scholars have found that the gap is virtually eradicated if the blacks’ lower eighth-grade test scores are taken into account. In other words, the black-white income gap is largely a product of a black-white education gap that could have been observed many years earlier. Reducing the black-white test score gap, wrote the authors of one study, would do more to promote racial equality than any other strategy that commands broad political support.
Steven D. Levitt
In examining the income gap between black and white adults—it is well established that blacks earn significantly less—scholars have found that the gap is virtually eradicated if the blacks’ lower eighth-grade test scores are taken into account. In other words, the black-white income gap is largely a product of a black-white education gap that could have been observed many years earlier. Reducing the black-white test score gap, wrote the authors of one study, would do more to promote racial equality than any other strategy that commands broad political support.
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