tgb comments on Open Thread, May 26 - June 1, 2014 - Less Wrong

4 Post author: BarbaraB 26 May 2014 07:42AM

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Comment author: tgb 28 May 2014 06:32:18PM *  0 points [-]

While a good point, the OP's link says that:

  • There is only a moderate correlation between income and taking of test prep
  • Under-performing minorities are more likely to take test prep than whites

In other words, quite a few people taking test prep are ones likely to be going to poor, under-performing school systems. Either test prep companies are incompetent or our school system is doing a lot better than I had expected, even on the low end!