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Studies of ethnicity and educational attainment have shown that ethnic minorities tend to do less well than other members of the population.The Swann report (Education for All) found that of the different ethnic minority groups it was the African-Caribbean's who were most likely to underachieve in education. This could be due to different factors, from family life and cultural differences to racism within schools. Jensen and Eysenck attempted to explain the underachievement of black people as being caused by a genetically inherited level of intelligence which is lower than that of white people. They believed that a lower average score in IQ. tests proved this but environmental factors have shown that IQ. tests are not a completely reliable measurement of intelligence. Differences in cultural backgrounds and primary socialisation can have an effect on performance in tests. As Bodmer suggests, years of discrimination against black people prevents an equalisation of environment with white people.
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