Racial Gap Increases in Advanced Placement Scores
(September 27, 2009) - More Black students are participating in advanced placement classes and taking the courses’ final tests, but the gap in test results for White students and Black students is widening, data from The College Board shows.
According to the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, in 1985 only 2,768 Black students took advanced placement exams. By 1990, 6,800 exams were taken by Black students. It was up significantly again by 1997, with Black students taking 34,514 exams and by 2008, Black students took 133,074 advanced placement exams.
But when they take the exams, Black students score a whole letter grade lower than White students, the journal reported. Data showed that Whites are more than twice as likely as blacks to receive a qualifying grade and only 2.8 percent of Blacks received an “A” grade, compared to 14.1 percent of White test-takers.
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Racial Gap Increases in Advanced Placement Scores
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Old news, people knew this since blacks were discovered in Africa. Race does exist and we are not all equal. All it takes is to see what level of civilization blacks reached(basically non) and what Whites accomplished(the greatest civilization ever).