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Investigating Ethnic Bias in the Mathematics Portion of the Exit-Level Texas Assessment of Academic Skills.

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Ivory, Gary – 1993

This study examines the October 1991 exit-level Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) mathematics results of 18,290 11th-grade Hispanic Americans, African Americans, and White non-Hispanic Americans from Texas urban districts. Substantial differences existed in the passing rates of the three ethnic groups. The passing rate for White…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Comparative Testing, Elementary Secondary Education