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Otto Klineberg

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    …was the revelation by psychologist Otto Klineberg in the 1930s that Black test-takers in four northern states did better on average than white ones in the four southern states where expenditures on education were lowest. Klineberg’s analysis pointed to a direct correlation between income and social class and performance on…

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    …was the revelation by psychologist Otto Klineberg in the 1930s that Black test-takers in four northern states did better on average than white ones in the four southern states where expenditures on education were lowest. Klineberg’s analysis pointed to a direct correlation between income and social class and performance on…

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