Students from wealthier backgrounds and private schools appeared disproportionately on the laggard list¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 1910 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? The percentage of students from private schools on the laggard list was about twice that from public schools, 15 versus 8 per cent. → J. B. Miner 1910

Evidence¶

J. B. Miner 1910¶

J. B. Miner. (1910). The College Laggard. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22The+College+Laggard%22+Miner+Journal+of+Educational+Psychology

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Statistical comparison of laggard-list percentages by high school type among Minnesota freshmen. The article reports the private-school percentage "as 15 to 8 per cent" relative to public schools, alongside other indicators of a handicap of wealth.

"the percentage of students from private schools who get on the laggard list is about twice as great as from the public schools, it is as 15 to 8 per cent."

Discussion¶

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