Black-White Gap in IQ Scores Closing, Study Finds

Black-White Gap in IQ Scores Closing, Study Finds.

I wonder if any intelligence test actually measures intelligence. Perhaps they measure something else:

• Values
• Class membership
• Attitude toward education
• Understanding of the Western cultural experience

If this is the case, then, as African-Americans move toward assimilating into the middle class in this country, it should come as no surprise that the gap that exists on intelligence test scores between blacks and whites is closing. Middle class values, a growing assimilation into Western values and cultural experience and a positive attitude toward education may help explain the closing gap.

Whatever the explanation, it seems clear that racial or inherited traits have little to do with measurable intelligence.

The Mismeasure of Man

Zoundry

Technorati : assessment, class, culture, education, performance, race
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