Recent Findings Show That in the United States,twice as Many

question 67

Multiple Choice

Recent findings show that in the United States,twice as many African American students as white American students are classified as mildly intellectually disabled,which is a difference that experts attribute to __________.

• A)less access to preschool services for African American children
• B)poverty and cultural bias in testing
• C)truancy and inadequate access to educational opportunities
• D)inadequate opportunities for self-expression

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Definitions:

Young Doctor

A medical professional who is early in their career, typically undergoing or having recently completed their residency.

Structural Mobility

Changes in the economic and social positions of groups within a society due to changes in the society's economy, technology, or structure rather than individual efforts.

Caste Systems

Social stratification systems based on heredity, in which people are placed at birth into unequal groups with specific roles, rights, and duties, prominent in certain cultures.

Apartheid

The system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination that existed in South Africa from 1948 until the early 1990s.