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High-achieving disadvantaged students are far less likely to take and pass entrance exams for selective schools

Disadvantaged students are less likely than their more advantaged peers with similar attainment to take and pass entrance exams for selective schools, and introducing an opt-out system for the tests would only deliver a small boost.

High-achieving disadvantaged students are far less likely to take and pass entrance exams for selective schools
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Disadvantaged students are less likely than their more advantaged peers with similar attainment to take and pass entrance exams for selective schools, and introducing an opt-out system for the tests would only deliver a small boost.

Originally published at Phys.org

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