re: #212 Talking Point Detective

So true.

With minority students it is a well-established phenomenon with respect to testing. Essentially, they perform more poorly because they will expect that they will perform more poorly. They believe their performance to be a function of luck of the draw, or perhaps their individual characteristics, rather than a function of how well they studied.

But that sounds like a PC analysis.

They perform poorly because they have not done what it takes to perform well, not (as implied) that they would do better if they just had more self confidence when taking the test.

The self confidence must start long before taking the test, and that relates again to the valid points about social environment issue.